context: Because the parties intended for the covenant to run with the land and because the covenant touches and concerns the land, we conclude that it is a covenant running with the land.
citation_a.signal: but see
citation_a.parenthetical: in action by homeowners to reform plat covenants to permit them to elect members to the architectural control committee, court found that covenant designating grantor as sole member of that committee was a personal covenant
citation_a.sentence: Cf. Julian v. Lawton, 240 N.C. 436, 82 S.E.2d 210 (1954) (court construed similar covenant as personal because it was designed merely to satisfy grantor’s aesthetic sense and not intended to benefit successors or purchasers); but see Smith v. First Savings of Louisiana, FSA 575 So.2d 1033 (Ala.1991). (in action by homeowners to reform plat covenants to permit them to elect members to the architectural control committee, court found that covenant designating grantor as sole member of that committee was a personal covenant).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: court construed similar covenant as personal because it was designed merely to satisfy grantor's aesthetic sense and not intended to benefit successors or purchasers
citation_b.sentence: Cf. Julian v. Lawton, 240 N.C. 436, 82 S.E.2d 210 (1954) (court construed similar covenant as personal because it was designed merely to satisfy grantor’s aesthetic sense and not intended to benefit successors or purchasers); but see Smith v. First Savings of Louisiana, FSA 575 So.2d 1033 (Ala.1991). (in action by homeowners to reform plat covenants to permit them to elect members to the architectural control committee, court found that covenant designating grantor as sole member of that committee was a personal covenant).