SMITH v. LAWTON

Appellate Case No. 2018-000562. Opinion No. 5859.

435 S.C. 179 (2021)

865 S.E.2d 782

Mary P. SMITH, Maezell Mitchell Jefferson, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Annabelle Thornton, Shirrese B. Brockington, as special administrator of the Estate of Janine Gourdine, Emma Smalls, Viola Pringle, Cephus Thornton, Arthur Graddick, III, an imprisoned person, Venetra Watson, and any known or unknown persons or entities claiming any interest in the Estates of Lucinda Pringle, Odessa Graddick, Arthur Graddick, Jr., Annabelle Thornton, and Janine Gourdine, Appellants, v. Angus M. LAWTON, personal representative of the Estate of Lucinda Pringle, Evelina Brown Moses, Thomas P. Brown, Jr., and Unknown PR Rebecca Patricia Brown, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed September 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn, Jr. , of Goodwyn Law Firm, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Jonathan Scott Altman , of Derfner & Altman, LLC, of Charleston, and Stephen Michael Slotchiver , of Slotchiver & Slotchiver, LLP, of Mount Pleasant, both for Respondents.


In this probate action, the estates of Mary Smith, Annabelle Thornton, Emma Smalls, and Janine Gourdine (collectively, Children) appeal the circuit court's order affirming the probate court's order probating the will of Lucinda Pringle (Decedent), which devised property to Decedent's grandchildren: Evelina Moses, Thomas Brown, and...

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