Powell v. Chancy-Stoutamire, Inc.

THOMPSON, Judge.

Mary Powell, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jewell Crockett, Deceased, (estate) filed a notice of appeal from a non-final, nonappealable order denying her motion to strike the claim of the appellee. Pursuant to an order to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, the estate requested that it be considered as a petition for writ of prohibition. We treat the appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari and grant the petition.

The estate proceedings below were initiated by the filing of a petition for administration of the estate of…