Pickens v. Black

Thomas B. Burke, Special Justice.

Appellants are the surviving children of the decedent, R.A. Pickens. The decedent died testate, and appellants are neither beneficiaries under his will nor creditors of the estate. Appellee is the executor of the decedent’s estate and is the son-in-law of the decedent’s surviving spouse. His mother-in-law and his wife were also named as defendants below. Appellants prosecute this interlocutory appeal from an order of the probate court denying appellants’ petition to remove the executor, for an accounting, for restitution, and for appointment of an…