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RUSSELL v. WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.

No. 26190.

370 S.C. 5 (2006)

633 S.E.2d 722

Walker Scott RUSSELL, Respondent, 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 Nieman, John R. Russell, Thaddeus Russell Williams, Virginia Carol Williams, and Cecilia Frances Williams, Appellants. and Mildred R. Neiman, Respondent-Appellant, 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, Defendants, of which 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., and John R. Russell are Respondents-Appellants and W. Scott Russell is Respondent. and Mildred R. Neiman, Respondent-Appellant, 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, Defendants, of which 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., and John R. Russell are Appellants-Respondents and W. Scott Russell is Respondent. In the Matter of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, Deceased, — Walker Scott Russell, Respondent, v. Virginia U. Russell, Donald S. Russell, Jr., Mildred Russell Williams Neiman, John R. Russell, and Wachovia Bank, N.A. as Personal Representative, Appellants. and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, deceased, Third-Party Appellant-Respondent, v. Virginia Williams, Russell Williams, Cecilia Williams, Walker Scott Russell, Jr., and Grace Johnson Russell, Third-Party Respondents, of which Virginia Williams, Russell Williams and Cecilia Williams are Third-Party Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley T. Case and Edward G. Smith, of Butler Means Evins & Browne, of Spartanburg, for Appellant-Respondent Wachovia Bank.

G. Dewey Oxner, Jr., and Moffatt G. McDonald, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Greenville, for Appellant-Respondent Estate of Virginia U. Russell.

R. Ray Dennis, of Dennis Shaw & Drennan, of Spartanburg, for Appellants-Respondents John R. Russell and Donald S. Russell, Jr.

Thomas E. McCutchen and Hoover C. Blanton, of McCutchen Blanton Johnson & Barnette, of Columbia, for Appellants Virginia C. Williams, T. Russell Williams, and Cecelia F. Williams.

Desa A. Ballard and Jason B. Buffkin, of Law Offices of Desa Ballard, of West Columbia; and Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr., of Law Offices of Joe McCulloch, of Columbia, for Respondent-Appellant Mildred R. Neiman.

J. Neil Robinson, of Robinson Law Office, of Charlotte; and Leo A. Dryer, Jr., of Dryer Law Offices, of Columbia, for Respondent Walker Scott Russell.

Chief Justice TOAL:

The underlying litigation began when beneficiaries of an estate challenged the validity of a will and two trusts, alleging the documents were procured by undue influence. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. This Court affirmed as modified. Russell v. Wachovia Bank, 353 S.C. 208, 578 S.E.2d 329 (2003). After remittitur was issued, certain...

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