Gutierrez v. Stewart Title Co.

In these consolidated appeals from a probate proceeding, a beneficiary under her mother's will challenges the probate court's summary judgments in favor of the title company for two contested conveyances of the testator's properties. The title company moved for summary judgment on the ground that the beneficiary's claims were barred by the statute of limitations. On appeal, the title company reasserts this affirmative defense, but also questions the jurisdictional timeliness of these appeals and the beneficiary's standing to pursue her claims. We conclude that we have jurisdiction to consider…