Stitzel v. State

In this appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Washington County, we review an agricultural land preservation easement that was granted pursuant to Maryland Code (1973, 1999 Repl.Vol.), Agriculture Article (“AG”), §§ 2-501, et seq. We shall affirm the circuit court’s conclusion that the landowner who had subjected 264 acres of his property to a preservation easement was prohibited from conveying, without the prior approval of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (“MALPF” or “the Foundation”), a portion of the land that was encumbered by the preservation easement.

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