MrBucks Owned a 10-Hectare Property in Langley

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Mr.Bucks owned a 10-hectare property in Langley.He subdivided the land into two 5-hectare lots.He decided to keep lot A for himself and to sell lot B.His friend and neighbour,Ms.Goode,wanted lot B,so they made the following deal: For lot B,Goode would give Bucks $100 000,her car,a right of way of three metres along the east side of lot B to provide access to the highway,her promise not to remove any of the cedar trees (a row of which benefits lot A by blocking the view of a factory) ,and her promise to plant a 5-metre-long laurel hedge to block Bucks's view of her driveway.All promises were registered.Which one of the following is true?

• A)If Ms.Goode sells lot B to Mr.Ho,Mr.Ho could cut down the cedar trees because the promise was part of the contract between Mr.Bucks and Ms.Goode to which Mr.Ho was not privy,and which therefore does not affect him.
• B)This kind of deal for land is not possible because it is too complicated.
• C)Ms.Goode would have to comply with all terms of this contract except for the part about the laurel hedge,because that is a positive covenant.
• D)If the right of way is properly registered in the land title office,it would bind subsequent purchasers of either lot A or lot B even though they were not privy to the original contract.
• E)With regard to the right of way,lot B is the dominant tenement and lot A is the servient tenement.

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