MATTER OF ESTATE OF SMITH

Opinion No. 5462.

419 S.C. 111 (2016)

796 S.E.2d 158

In the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Eris Singletary SMITH In re: Eris Gail Smith, Appellant, v. Judy Smith Jones, Jacquelyn Brown, James Ervin Smith, Timothy David Smith, Jamie Smith, and Mikie Smith, Defendants, Of whom Judy Smith Jones is the Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed December 21, 2016.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Mitchell Brown , and William C. Wood, Jr. , both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, and Gary Ivan Finklea , of Finklea Law Firm, of Florence, for Appellant.

Jon Rene Josey , and Jeffrey L. Payne , both of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Florence; and Robert E. Lee , of Robert E. Lee, LLC, of Marion, for Respondent.


Eris Gail Smith (Smith) appeals the circuit court's order granting summary judgment to her sister, Judy Jones (Jones), in this dispute over the will of their deceased mother, Eris Singletary Smith (the Testator). On appeal, Smith argues (1) the circuit court prematurely granted summary judgment before the parties had a full and fair...

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