Blackwood v. Blackburn

STEAGALL, Justice.

Roy Blackburn died intestate in November 1991. In June 1992, James H. Blackwood was appointed as the administrator of Blackburn’s estate. Blackburn’s widow, Joyce Ruth Blackburn, subsequently petitioned the probate court to remove Blackwood as administrator. Blackwood moved to transfer the action to the circuit court, and the probate court granted his motion. Blackwood then answered Blackburn’s petition, and he also counterclaimed, seeking damages for mental and emotional distress that he claimed had been brought on by Joyce Blackburn’s attempt to remove him as…