A Florida landowner won $40,000 after a telecom company laid fibre cables outside an easement; the state's highest court has now ruled that an old legal-fees clause does not automatically bind later property owners

• Representative Image (AI-generated)A property agreement can continue to affect land even after the original owners have sold it.
• But do all the conditions in such an agreement automatically apply to future owners?
• The Florida Supreme Court has addressed this question in a dispute involving a telecommunications company that installed underground fibre-optic cables beyond an authorised easement.