Shunk v. Palm Beach County

HURLEY, Judge.

We are asked, on this appeal, to reverse the trial court’s finding that an unrecorded contractual agreement, never included or referred to in any deed of record, is not a covenant running with the land. Since the trial court’s position espouses a principle implicit in Florida law, we affirm.

In late 1969 Guardian Investment Properties Ltd. purchased a piece of real property in Palm Beach County. A water and sewer *395treatment plant stood on this property. On April 14,1971, Guardian entered into a contract for the sale of a twenty-five acre portion (parcel B) of the property to one…