MEGHAN COVES ASSOCIATION v. MEGHAN COVES PROPERTY, INC.

No. 95,449.

50 P.3d 226 (2002)

2002 OK CIV APP 63

MEGHAN COVES ASSOCIATION INC., an Oklahoma Non-profit Corporation, Plaintiff/Appellee/Counter-Appellant, v. MEGHAN COVES PROPERTY, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation; and Meghan Coves Builders, L.L.C., an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company, Defendants/Appellants/Counter-Appellees, and Angela A. Miller; C.F. Perry, Jr. and Betty A. Perry, Trustees of the C.F. Perry, Jr. and Betty A. Perry Revocable Trust; Charles S. Baldwin and Helen Jo Baldwin; Lorna A. Westberg and Constance C. Allen; Leon P. Jacobs and Patty J. Jacobs; James A. Eaton, Jr. and Pam A. Miller; Brian L. Schwartz; Helen L. George; Robert J. Krueger and Barbara M. Krueger; Gregory C. Garland and Laura Gail Garland; Neal Fowler Lehman and Marilyn Kay Lehman; Bobby L. Short and Marilee C. Short; Trustee of the Coralea Bowerman Trust; Max A. Windsor and Connie R. Windsor; Johnny P. Ryburn and Patricia P. Ryburn, Co-Trustees of the Ryburn Family Trust; Jackie Dale Pittman and Linda Pittman, Co-Trustees of the Jackie Dale Pittman and Linda Kathryn Pittman Living Trust; Niles Q. Hanlin and Evelyn V. Hanlin, Trustees of the Niles Q. Hanlin and Evelyn V. Hanlin Trust; Kimberly A. Hall; Donald Ray Meints and Rene Cheryl Meints; William Laurence Mocha, Trustee of the Revocable Trust Agreement of William Laurence Mocha; Lee F. Hudson and Judith A. Hudson, and Gifford W. Brossett and Janice B. Brossett; Rowena Wyvern Beach, Trustee of the Rowena Wyvern Beach Revocable Living Trust; Bill D. Strange and Reva E. Strange; Mary Alice Jones, Trustee of the Mary Alice Jones Trust; Steve E. Wise and Beverly A. Wise; John W. Mcghee and Dalene S. McGhee; E. Doyle Newcomb and Judith Lea Newcomb; Ronald G. Matthews and Joan A. Matthews, Co-Trustees of the Ronald G. and Joan A. Matthews Family Trust; Margaret A. Ballard, Trustee of the Margaret A. Ballard Revocable Living Trust; Orville Cherry and Catherine Cherry; Marshall Heatherly, Jr. and Heatherly Properties, Inc.; Franklin S. Cronk; Richard L. Ryan, Jr. and Beverly A. Ryan; Betty Pitts Cartwright and Drew Cartwright; Roger D. Hartman and Wanda L. Hartman; Bruce E. Borders; M. Duane Dunham and Linda S. Dunham, Trustees of Dunham Family Revocable Trust; Hugh K. Charles; Yolanda Hill; Kathleen Pixley; John William Anthony, Jr. and Deanne W. Anthony; Clovis R. Weatherford and Jo Ann Weatherford, Trustees of the Clovis Weatherford Family Trust; Jere D. Smith, Jr. and Bonnie L. Smith; Rowdy Morris; Ralph Crigler and Kathleen Crigler; Bradford G. and Suzanne Warren; John and Ellen E. Mcdonnell; Calvin and Jo Woodall, Defendants/Appellees, Robert A. Hughes and Karen J. Hughes; James L. Swinney and Frances L. Swinney, Trustees of the Swinney Family Revocable Trust; Tearsa L. Pennell; John L. George, Richard E. George; Nowata Bancshares, Inc.; Jack E. Renegar and Alma J. Renegar, Trustees of the Jack E. Renegar and Alma J. Renegar Declaration of Trust; Thomas L. McCrory and Geraldine McCrory as Trustees of the Thomas L. McCrory and Geraldine G. McCrory Revocable Living Trust; Bob R. Jones and Linda G. Jones; Larry J. Hestand and Janell M. Hestand; Herbert S. Hestand and Billie A. Hestand; Mary Fran Bonham; Guy Sutherland and Claire Sutherland; Peter M. Crow and Carol Anne Crow; Gayle L. Edmondson, Trustee of the Lyon Family Trust; Patricia Ann and Dominic P. Menton; Charles Sanders Homes, Inc.; David Golzar and Marsha Golzar; Jan Galbraith; Kenneth W. Gibbons and A. Karen Gibbons; LM & Associates L.C.; Randolph James Aab; Robert L. and Janis K. Mattox; Davis W. Scarmardo; Robert E. and Judy L. Frey; Christopher M. Wilcox; James G. Gillett and Mary Ann Gillett; Richard and Anita Frey; John A. Reed and Mary A. Reed; Mark D. Quinlan and Shawn A. Quinlan; Larry Kirk; Thomas W. Linam and Susan J. Linam; Beverly K. Dill; and any and all successors of any and all defendants, Defendants.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

April 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kort A. BeSore, Besore & Hunt, P.C., Grove, Oklahoma, for plaintiff/appellee/counter-appellant.

Kenneth M. Smith, Robert P. Skeith, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for defendants/appellants/counter-appellees, Meghan Coves Property, Inc. and Meghan Coves Builders, L.L.C.

W. Neil Wilson, Wallace, Owens, Landers, Gee, Morrow, Wilson, Watson & James, Miami, Oklahoma, for defendants/appellees, Jackie Dale Pittman and Linda Kathryn Pittman, Co-Trustees of the Jackie Dale Pittman and Linda Kathryn Pittman Living Trust.

John B. DesBarres, McGivern, Gilliard & Curthoys, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for defendants/appellees, Niles Q. Hanlin and Evelyn V. Hanlin, Trustees of the Niles Q. Hanlin and Evelyn V. Hanlin Trust; and Steve E. Wise and Beverly A. Wise.

Paul A. Derks, Wilburn & Masterson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for defendants/appellees, Rowdy Morris; E. Doyle Newcomb; Betty Pitts Cartwright; K. and R. Crigler; Lon Unsell; F.S. and F. Cronk; and Bruce Borders; Calvin and Jo Woodall.

Tom H. Gudgel, Stauffer, Rainey & Gudgel, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for defendants/appellees, Leon P. Jacobs and Patty J. Jacobs; James A. Eaton, Jr. and Pam A. Miller; Brian L. Schwartz; Gregory C. Garland and Laura Gail Garland, successors in interest to Neal Fowler Lehman and Marilyn Kay Lehman; Coralea Bowerman, Trustee of the Coralea Bowerman Trust, successor in interest to Bobby L. Short and Marilee C. Short; Johnny P. Ryburn and Particia P. Ryburn, Co-Trustees of the Ryburn Family Trust; Rowena Wyvern Beach, Trustee of the Rowena Wyvern Beach Revocable Living Trust; Bill D. Strange and Reva E. Strange; Bradford G. Warren and Suzanne Warren; John W. McGhee, Jr. & Dalene S. McGhee, Trustees of the John W. McGhee, Jr. and Dalene S. McGhee Trust, successors in interest to John W. McGhee and Dalene S. McGhee; Ronald G. Matthews and Joan A. Matthews, Co-Trustees of the Ronald G. and Joan A. Matthews Family Trust; William Laurence Mocha, Trustee of the Revocable Trust Agreement of William Laurence Mocha; John E. McDonnell and Ellen McDonnell, successors in interest to James D. Schultz and Gail A. Schultz; Orville Cherry and Catherine Cherry; Richard L. Ryan, Jr. and Beverly A. Ryan; Roger D. Hartman and Wanda L. Hartman; M. Duane Dunham and Linda S. Dunham, Trustees of the Dunham Family Revocable Trust; John William Anthony, Jr. and Deanne W. Anthony; Clovis R. Weatherford and Jo Ann Weatherford, Trustees of the Clovis Weatherford Family Trust; Charles S. Baldwin and Helen Jo Baldwin; Max A. Windsor and Connie R. Windsor; C.F. Perry, Jr. and Betty A. Perry, Trustees of the C.F. Perry, Jr. and Betty A. Perry Revocable Trust; Lorna A. Westberg and Constance C. Allen; Margaret A. Ballad, Trustee of the Margaret A. Ballad Revocable Living Trust; Marshall Heatherly, Jr. and Joyce A. Heatherly; Mary Alice Jones, Trustee of the Mary Alice Jones Trust; Kathleen Paisley; and Julie Garzanelli and James W. Garzanelli.

James K. Secrest, II, Richard C. Honn, Secrest, Hill & Folluo, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for defendants, Angela A. Miller; Hugh K. Charles; Robert J. Krueger and Barbara M. Krueger; Kimberly A. Hall; Donald Ray Meints and Rene Cheryl Meints; Lee F. Hudson and Judith Hudson; Gifford W. Brossett and Janice B. Brossett; Yolanda Hill; Jere D. Smith, Jr. and Bonnie L. Smith; Neal F. Lehman and Marilyn K. Lehman; and Helen L. George.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma Division I.

BUETTNER, J:

¶ 1 Meghan Coves is a unit ownership estate development. The Declaration of Unit ownership for Meghan Coves Condominium Estates was filed in 1983. At the time of this lawsuit, about 78 of the planned 179 condominium units had been built and were owned by third parties. Plaintiff Meghan Coves Association, Inc. ...

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