RUSSELL v. WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.

No. 25599.

353 S.C. 208 (2003)

578 S.E.2d 329

Walker Scott RUSSELL, Respondent/Appellant, v. WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. as Putative Trustee of the Alleged Donald Stuart Russell Revocable Trust and as Putative Trustee of the Alleged Donald Stuart Russell Irrevocable Trust; Virginia U. Russell; Donald S. Russell, Jr.; Mildred Russell Williams Neiman; John R. Russell; Thaddeus Russell Williams; Virginia Carol Williams; and Cecilia Frances Williams, Respondents. and Mildred R. Neiman, Appellant/Respondent, v. Wachovia Bank, N.A. as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, Sr., Virginia C. Williams, T. Russell Williams, Cecilia F. Williams, Virginia U. Russell, Donald S. Russell, Jr., W. Scott Russell, and John R. Russell, Respondents. and Mildred R. Neiman, Appellant/Respondent, v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell Williams, Sr., Virginia C. Williams, T. Russell Williams, Cecilia F. Williams, Virginia U. Russell, Donald S. Russell, Jr., W. Scott Russell, and John R. Russell, Respondents. and In The Matter of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, Deceased Walker Scott Russell, Respondent/Appellant, v. Virginia U. Russell, Donald S. Russell, Jr., Mildred Russell Williams Neiman, John R. Russell, and Wachovia Bank, N.A. as Personal Representative, Respondents, and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, deceased, Respondent, v. Virginia Williams, Russell Williams, Cecilia Williams, Walker Scott Russell, Jr., and Grace Johnson Russell, Respondents, Of whom Walker Scott Russell, a/k/a W. Scott Russell is Respondent/Appellant, and Mildred Russell Williams Neiman, a/k/a Mildred R. Neiman is Appellant/Respondent, and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, deceased, Virginia U. Russell, Donald S. Russell, Jr., John R. Russell, Thaddeus Russell Williams, a/k/a T. Russell Williams, a/k/a Russell Williams, Virginia Carol Williams, a/k/a Virginia C. Williams, a/k/a Virginia Williams, and Cecilia Frances Williams, a/k/a Cecilia F. Williams are Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 24, 2003.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant/Respondent.

J. Neil Robinson, of Charlotte, and Leo A. Dryer, Jr., of Columbia, for Respondent/Appellant.

G. Dewey Oxner, Jr. and Moffatt G. McDonald, of Greenville; R. Ray Dennis, of Spartanburg; Stanley T. Case and Edward G. Smith, of Spartanburg; and Thomas E. McCutchen and Hoover C. Blanton, of Columbia, for Respondents.


Justice PLEICONES:

Walker Scott Russell ("Scott") and Mildred Neiman ("Mim"), collectively "Appellants", each filed Summons and Complaints in the Spartanburg County Probate Court seeking to set aside the Last Will and Testament of their father, Donald S. Russell, Sr. ("Testator"), and seeking to set aside the Revocable Trust and Irrevocable Trust of Testator. Appellants contend both the will and the trust instruments resulted from undue influence exerted on Testator...

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