Gardner v. Jefferys

¶ 1. Plaintiff Sheldon Gardner appeals the superior court’s determination that a restrictive covenant in his deed runs with the land to the benefit of adjacent landowners, defendants George and Janice Soules and defendants William and Susan Jefferys. We affirm.

¶ 2. In 1957, William Jefferys Jr. and his wife Ena, the parents of defendant William Jefferys III, purchased approximately two hundred acres of farm land in Fayston, Vermont known as the Strong Farm. Beginning in 1966, the elderly Jefferys began selling off parcels of the farm. In 1969, plaintiffs Sheldon and Carin Gardner purchased,…