Strickland v. McElreath

Mikell, Judge.

We granted an interlocutory appeal to Joe Paul Strickland, the administrator of the estate of his late mother-in-law, Geraldine McElreath (“Geraldine”), to review the trial court’s denial of his motion to transfer the underlying suit against him to the county of his residence. Because the claims at issue sound in equity, venue lies in the county of Strickland’s residence. Therefore, we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

The trial court’s application of the law to the allegations of the *628complaint is subject to de novo review.1 Jerry McElreath and Fred McElreath (“the…