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CANOVA LAND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY v. LYNN

Record No. 200476.

856 S.E.2d 581 (2021)

CANOVA LAND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY v. Carolyn G. LYNN, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Arbogast ( Michael G. Gallerizzo ; Gebhardt & Smith, on briefs), for appellant.

Robert J. Zelnick , Woodbridge (Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, on brief), for appellees Carolyn G. Lynn and Cheryl Crawford.

Brian M. McCormack (Dunn, McCormack & Macpherson, on brief), Fairfax, for appellees Unknown Heirs of Levi C. Lynn, Edna A. Lynn and Earl Lynn, by their Guardian Ad Litem.

PRESENT: All the Justices.

In this case, the Court decides whether a deed restriction for the use of a particular church was an unreasonable restraint on alienation.

I. BACKGROUND AND MATERIAL PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In 1875, Edna and Levi Lynn executed a deed granting one acre of land to the Woodbine Baptist Church ("Woodbine...

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