Tibbetts v. MICHAELIDES

¶ 1. In this dispute between neighboring landowners, defendants appeal from a superior court order rejecting their claim that plaintiffs violated a deed restriction limiting the number of houses to be constructed on the property. Among other claims, defendants contend the trial court erred in concluding that they lacked standing to enforce the restriction. We affirm.

¶ 2. The undisputed material facts may be summarized as follows. In December 1977, Lydia Lowell and several related owners (hereafter “Lowell”) conveyed two parcels of land totaling five acres to J. Peter Trono. The deed described…