Opinion ID: 1117874
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Heading: Trespass Claim

Text: The petitioners' trespass claim against the Abernathys assumed that the Abernathys did not have the right to enter the 45-foot parcel to construct a road or to remove trees from that parcel. That parcel was part of the 60-foot parcel the developer conveyed to the Abernathys in May 1993. Because the developer was authorized by the restrictive covenants for the subdivision to retain the 45-foot parcel when it conveyed lot 13 in October 1991, its subsequent conveyance of that parcel to the Abernathys was valid. Given that the Abernathys owned and had the right to possess the 45-foot parcel after May 1993, the trial court correctly ruled for the respondents on the trespass claim.