Jones v. Jones

This is an appeal by James B. Jones, Eugene Jones, Mary Lou Maynard, Bobby Lee Jones and Paul H. Jones from a summary judgment entered by the Circuit Court of McDowell County in an action involving the estate of their mother, Ochel Jones. On appeal, the appellants claim that there were material questions of fact to be tried at the time the circuit court entered summary judgment, and that under the circumstances, summary judgment was improper.

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FACTS

The parties in this proceeding are all children of Bernie Jones, who was in the grocery business, and who accumulated a sizeable estate during his…