Christopher v. Robinson

By Judge Joseph E. Spruill, Jr.

The source of this controversy is the following covenant in a 1947 deed:

The grantors covenant on behalf of themselves, their heirs, devisees, and/or personal representatives that should the property now owned by (grantors) ... be sold, then (grantors) their heirs, devisees, and personal representatives will execute and deliver without additional consideration a good and valid deed to the (grantees, etc.) conveying to them (a parcel of land adjacent to property the grantees acquired under this deed).

The surviving grantor has filed a Bill for Declaratory Judgment…