Gilchrist v. Chester

COUCH, Judge.

In this case we are called upon to determine whether a certain deed conveying some 12.0 acres of property owned by Old Georgetown Associates Limited Partnership (OGA) to Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) was a fee simple conveyance without restriction as to the use of the property but subject to an easement for a sewer and water line. The Circuit Court for Montgomery County held the deed to be a fee simple deed without any use restriction; the Court of Special Appeals reversed. Chester v. Gilchrist, 64 Md.App. 541, 497 A.2d 820 (1985). While several…