Connaughton v. Payne

The plaintiff brought this action in Land Court seeking a declaration that G. L. c. 184, § 30, bars the enforcement of a 1965 deed restriction that limits the development of 17.9 acres of her land in Needham (locus).2 At issue is a restriction created by a deed to the plaintiff’s predecessor in title. That *653restriction, the pertinent part of which is reprinted in the margin,3 essentially limits the plaintiff’s development of her property to four single family homes, rather than the seven she proposes.

At issue are whether there is record support for the Land Court judge’s factual determination…