Schroeder v. McWhite

Alice D. McWhite, mother of the two parties to this suit, died intestate. James H. McWhite, the appellee, filed a petition for letters of administration, which was granted by the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama. On December 21, 1988, McWhite filed a complaint against his sister, Diana McWhite Goss, now remarried and known as Diana McWhite Schroeder. McWhite alleged fraud and sought to have Schroeder return to the estate money and personal property belonging to their deceased mother. Mrs. Schroeder answered this complaint by sending a handwritten letter to the probate court…