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ROBERT JOHN COLLINS v. DAVID RAY CONLEY ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 1, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: P. Richard Talley, Dandridge, Tennessee, for the appellant, Wade Parks.

Attorneys 2: William M. Leibrock, Newport, Tennessee, for the appellant, David Ray Conley.

Attorneys 3: Weston A. Gantte and W. Keith Repass, Dandridge, Tennessee, for the appellee, Robert John Collins.

Judge(s): DAVIS

David Ray Conley and Wade Parks (together, “Appellants”) appeal from the order of the Cocke County Chancery Court (“trial court”) granting summary judgment to plaintiff Robert John Collins (“Appellee”). The underlying controversy is a will contest surrounding the estate of Sandra Kay Parks (“Decedent”). Appellee, Decedent’s only heir-at-law, filed a Petition for Probate Administration asserting that no will of the Decedent had been located. Appellants subsequently sought to probate a document purported to be Decedent’s Last Will and Testament. Following cross motions for summary judgment, the trial court concluded that Decedent’s proposed will had not been executed with the formalities required by Tennessee Code Annotated section 32-1-104 and granted summary judgment in favor of Appellee. Appellants timely appealed to this Court. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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