Thompson v. Young

OPINION

GODDARD, Presiding Judge.

We granted a Rule 9 appeal in this case to resolve an impasse between the Circuit Court for Blount County, Equity Division, and the Probate Court for Blount County— which by Private Act is the General Sessions Court—to determine which Court has jurisdiction to resolve the allegations of the complaint in this case.

B. Ray Thompson, Sr., a resident of Blount County, died on October 22,1987, and his last will and testament was probated in the Probate Court for Blount County. On November 10,1994, a petition was filed in the Probate Court, seeking to close the…