Estate of Doyle v. Doyle

In Docket No. 100230, defendants appeal as of right from the trial court’s judgment declaring void certain deeds and ordering certain funds returned to the estate of Merle Doyle, deceased. In Docket No. 100229, defendants appeal as of right from the trial court’s judgment in favor of the Doyle estate, finding that collateral estoppel applied. We affirm.

Merle Doyle was the mother of Virginia Doyle Jackson and James L. Doyle. On October 1, 1979, Merle Doyle and Virginia Jackson sued James Doyle, alleging that he had unduly influenced Merle and, thereby, obtained real property and money from oil…