Honey v. Davis

Yvonne Honey, Yvonne Sikes, and Steven Honey (the Honeys) appeal the summary judgment dismissal of their claims against Dr. Robert J. Davis and Mid-Valley Mall Ltd. Partnership (together, Mid-Valley).

Dr. Davis and Earl McCarthy were partners in Mid-Valley, a general partnership formed to locate and develop property for a shopping mall. In 1979, Mid-Valley purchased property in Sunnyside for that purpose. To make the mall successful, it needed to acquire adjacent property to accommodate larger retail outlets. Sunnyside Theaters, Inc., owned land adjacent to Mid-Valley’s. Mid-Valley began…