Nichols v. Donaldson

Introduction

Kimberly Lynn Nichols, Kerri Hanna and Kelly Lynn Donaldson (collectively Appellants) appeal from the trial court’s judgment awarding Joseph L. Donaldson (Respondent) $49,765.66 on their petition for partition and account and on Respondent’s counterclaim for quantum meruit. We reverse and remand.

Factual and, Procedural Background

On March 23, 1992, Walter Donaldson (Donaldson) established the Walter R. Donaldson Revocable Trust (Trust), which he amended on July 28, 1998. The primary assets in the Trust were three non-contiguous tracts of land comprising Donaldson’s 350-acre farm.…