Green v. Lawrence

[¶ 1] James H. Lawrence appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superi- or Court (Kennebec County, Studstrup, J.) in favor of Jeffrey E. Green and other building and lot owners of the Camp Men-atoma subdivision. The judgment declares that certain lots in the subdivision may not be used for residential development. Lawrence contends that (1) -the covenant restricting lots 8 through 11 to wood lot use does not act as a perpetual ban on development of the lots, (2) the court should have applied the relative hardship doctrine to render the wood lot use restriction inapplicable, and (3) the…