Legal Opinion
Lowden v. Bosley
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 17, 2006No. 78, Sept. Term, 2005PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEldridge, J.
The issue in this case is whether a restrictive covenant, which requires that building lots within a 59-lot subdivision along Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland, be used for “single family residential purposes only,” prohibits the owners of homes on those lots from renting their homes to residential tenants on a short-term basis. We shall hold that the restrictive covenant is unambiguous and that it does not prohibit the short-term rental to a single family of a home.
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The plaintiffs-appellants, James and Angela Lowden, in September 2003, purchased lots 11 and 11A in the Stilwater…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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