Primm v. Primm

SHORES, Justice.

This case contests the settlement of an estate. The plaintiff, Judy Primm, one of the three heirs of J.D. Primm, filed a complaint in Jackson County against her brother, Gene Primm, as executor of the estate. She alleged that certain stock certificates that had been transferred to her name had become her property and that the executor was unlawfully retaining possession of them. The trial court ruled that she was entitled to one-third of the estate, and that the executor was allowed to withhold the delivery of the stock certificates if necessary to assure that each beneficiary…