Legal Opinion

Kappi Saget Jeffers v. Korri Saget

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided March 21, 2017No. 2015-CA-01280-COAPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Kappi Saget Jeffers contested the validity of her late mother’s will and the conveyance of assets related to investment-fund accounts. The will contest, before a jury, ended in a mistrial, but the chancellor, as finder of fact, denied Jef-fers’s petition and counterclaim to recover assets, specifically the investment accounts. On appeal, we find that the chancellor’s entry of judgment regarding the investment accounts was not a final, ap-pealable judgment under Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). Therefore, we must dismiss the appeal for lack of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Michael v. MichaelMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Jackson v. LoweCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Turner & Associates P.L.L.C. v. Gerald WatkinsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  2. In the Matter of the Estate of Marion King, Deceased: Susan Atkins and Kevin Atkins v. Joyce KingCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020
  3. Jeffers v. Saget (In Re Estate of Saget)Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018

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