Foundation for Preservation of Historic Georgetown v. Arnold

How courts have described this case

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• “[T]he parties’ intention is to be ascertained by examining the document in light of the circumstances surrounding its execution and, as a final resort, by applying rules of construction”
• “[A]mbiguities in a deed will be resolved against the drafter of the instrument.”
• distinction between negative easements and restrictive covenants is vague and unconvincing
• distinction between negative easements and restrictive covenants is vague and unconvincing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).