Adams v. Adams

Phipps, Judge.

Charles Adams sued his brother, Thomas Adams, and Thomas’s wife, Joann Adams, to recover a house and surrounding acreage which Charles and Thomas’s mother, Ruth Adams, had conveyed to Thomas prior to her death. The trial court awarded summary judgment to Charles against Joann based on her failure to answer the complaint and respond to discovery requests. Among other things, Joann claims that she was not properly served with the complaint or with the discovery material. Resolving these issues and others against Joann, we affirm.

Ruth Adams died in 1995, survived by her sons…