Ellinwood v. Estate of Lyons

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This appeal follows from the dismissal of claimant Winifred Ellinwood’s attempt to reform a deed and subsequent jury trial in which the jury returned a verdict in favor of claimant in the amount of $21,000 for services rendered to the estate of William Lyons.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Appellant, Winifred Ellinwood, originally filed a one-count petition seeking reformation of a real estate deed. Motion by administrator ad litem to dismiss petition was sustained. The trial court, however, within 30 days after dismissing the petition, designated its…