McCormick v. Congleton

G.W. McCormick, Jr., appeals from the denial of two postjudgment motions following the trial court’s entry of a default judgment in a property dispute between *1277McCormick and his sister, Agnes Congle-ton.

The record indicates that during the latter part of 1999, following the death of her son in July 1999, Congleton, who was then a 95-year-old widow without surviving children, began making arrangements for her nephew, Douglas M. Gatwood, to handle her personal affairs. Congleton decided to deed to Gatwood some real property she had received from her husband’s estate. Around the same time, in…