Womack v. the Estate of Womack

MADDOX, Retired Justice.

This case involves the probate of two estates. The sole legal question presented is whether the circuit court, to which the case was appealed from the Houston County Probate Court, erred in dismissing the appeal on the basis that Howard Eugene Womack, originally named as a co-personal representative of the estates of his parents, failed to post a supersedeas bond or to file an affidavit of substantial hardship in support of his motion to proceed without filing a supersedeas bond. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Howard Burnell Womack died on July 25,…