Ransum v. Parker

HOLMES, Retired Appellate Judge.

Sari Hood Ransum, Amy Leah Ransum, and Benjamin Ransum appeal a summary judgment entered in favor of Jane Hood Parker, the executrix. This case is before this court pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 12-2-7(6).

Our review of the record reveals the following: Bennie Nell Hood Horsley died testate on May 19, 1996. Her will, dated May 10, 1996, named the following four beneficiaries: Jane and Sari, Horsley’s two living sisters; and Amy and Benjamin, the two children of another deceased sister.

On February 18, 1997, the executrix filed a petition with the circuit court for…