Mead v. Park Place Properties

Park Place appeals the trial court's granting of Mead's motion for summary judgment dismissing Park Place's counterclaims.

Park Place Properties (Park Place) leased part of a shopping center to Robert Mead and Mead's Foods of Selah, Inc. (Mead). The lease included a paragraph entitled "Parking and Rights of Way", which provided the maintenance of the parking area would be borne equally by the parties; another provision required each party to pay one-half of the expenses for common use area repairs and upkeep. In 1980, Park Place entered into an $82,792.50 contract with Superior Asphalt to work…