LONG GREEN VALLEY v. BELLEVALE FARMS

No. 65, September Term, 2012.

68 A.3d 843 (2013)

432 Md. 292

LONG GREEN VALLEY ASS'N, et al. v. BELLEVALE FARMS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. McCann ( Michael R. McCann , P.A., Townson, MD), on brief, for Petitioners.

John B. Gontrum ( Jennifer Ryan Lazenby of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, Townson, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, BARBERA, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned) and IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


HARRELL, J.

The question of first impression presented by this case is whether the agricultural preservation easement at the heart of the dispute, purchased by a Maryland state agency from a private landowner, constitutes a charitable trust, under Article 14 of the Maryland Estates and Trusts Article, affording non-party "interested persons" standing to seek to enforce the provisions of the easement? Our answer is "No."

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