Lawrence v. Peel

Defendants appeal an adverse decree entered in this Declaratory Judgment proceeding. The issues presented involve a dispute over the existence and extent of an easement retained by plaintiffs 1 when they sold a portion of their land to defendants, and over the existence and extent of a right of first refusal in defendants with respect to adjoining property retained by plaintiffs. Defendants also contend that the trial court erred in allowing attorney’s fees to plaintiffs under a contract provision allowing such fees to the "prevailing party” in any dispute involving the contract. The…