Wilkinson v. Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs, St. Mary's Cnty.

John Allen Wilkinson v. Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, Maryland and Christopher and Barbara Aiken, No. 0478, Sept. Term 2020. Opinion by Zic, J. REAL PROPERTY – DEED – CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION When construing a deed’s language, “the basic principles of contract interpretation apply.” Gunby v. Olde Severna Park Improvement Ass’n, Inc., 174 Md. App. 189, 242, aff’d,

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(2007). If the deed’s language “is plain and unambiguous, there is no room for construction” and “there [is] no need to construe it through the use of extrinsic evidence.” Gilchrist v. Chester,

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