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The family of a donor to Johns Hopkins University is suing the university, claiming that administrators are violating the intent of a gift agreement made when Elizabeth Beall Banks sold a 138-acre farm to the university at a discounted price in 1989. The university plans to develop the land into a science park as part of an economic development plan created by Montgomery County, Md. While the deed limits the use of the property to “agricultural, academic, research and development, delivery of health and medical care and services, or related purposes only,” which a spokesman for the university said the institution is abiding by, the family claims that the university is developing the property too densely and for commercial purposes, violating the original agreement. The university has not formally responded to the suit.
