Ivey v. Stanley

Hines, Justice.

Ivey, administrator of the estate of Richard Stanley, Jr., appeals from a judgment finding that the decedent’s son, Richard Stanley III, was the owner of two real estate parcels and the funeral homes that operated on them. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The father died in 1996; he had owned a funeral home in Dublin and one iii Wrightsville. His son, Richard Stanley III (“Stanley”), had been associated with the two funeral homes for some time. Ann Stanley, widow of Richard Stanley, Jr. and representative of his estate, sued to enjoin Stanley from interfering in the…