Helfrich v. Adams

Opinion

DAVIS, Judge:

{1 Christine B. Helfrich and Mary Anne Chesarek, on behalf of Carmen R. Finan's estate and trust (collectively, Plaintiffs), appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Luke L. Adams. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

{2 Finan, Adams, and Frankie A. Emley are siblings who inherited property from their mother. Because the value of the property Adams inherited exceeded that of the property his sisters inherited, he agreed to sign a promissory note (the Note) granting each of them a one-half interest in $26,340 1 to be secured by the property Adams had inherited. The…