Nicholas Sharp and Barry and Rhonda Downey own adjacent tracts of land in Howard County, Maryland. Their two adjacent lots were a single tract of land owned by Jack Ryan, Inc, the corporate alter ego of John E. Ryan. On February 20, 1996, Ryan divided the tract by deed, creating Lot 1 and Lot 2. Ryan then conveyed Lot 1 to Pamela Jekel. On the same date as the conveyance of Lot 1, Ryan and Jekel
executed an easement instrument which gave Ryan access to his Lot 2 over the existing Jeep trail located on Lot 1. Jack Ryan ended up married to Pamela Jekel and conveyed his lot to Nicholas Sharp. Pamela Jekel Ryan conveyed her lot to Barry and Rhonda Downey. ?Once the Ryans married, what happened to the easement?
A) It was terminated because of unity of ownership
B) There was no need for an easement so no rights passed with either tract
C) The easement rights continued
C
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