Carstensen v. Chrisland Corp.

This litigation arises from a dispute over whether a pipestem driveway shared by the owners of two adjacent lots and located on their land, is subject to an easement for the benefit of a third adjacent landowner.

Chrisland Corporation develops and builds single-family residential communities. In 1988, Fairfax County approved Chrisland’s Walnut Hill subdivision plans for 18 acres of land and Chrisland began selling lots. In early April 1988, Chrisland entered into a contract with Alvin H. and Marie V Carstensen for the purchase of Lot 25. Shirley M. O’Neal executed a similar contract with…