Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation v. Claggett

In this appeal, we construe the terms of an agricultural easement conveyed by respondent Herschell Claggett, Sr. to petitioner Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (“Foundation”) over his 208.39-acre Kent County proper ty (“Claggett Property”) for the sum of $262,190.50. 1 At issue is whether the Foundation must grant a release from that easement for a two-acre lot which allows Claggett to not only construct a dwelling house thereon, but also to sell that lot to a third-party free of the agricultural easement. We shall hold that the Deed of Easement and Preliminary Release only…