Douthit v. Western Bank Trust Group

Western Bank Trust Group is the personal representative of the Dollie Crockett estate and the trustee of the Zahnie Crockett trust. The McNeelys appeal an order entered on June 19, 1995, in probate proceedings for the Crockett estate and trust. The order directed Western Bank to sell a ranch owned by the estate and trust to a group of four people, identified for these purposes as the Douthit group.1 We review the order for errors of law and abuse of discretion and vacate it.

The court had entered an order on November 4,1994, in which it had determined that a prior agreement between Western…