Taylor v. Bennett

Benham, Justice.

We granted appellants’ application for interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment in a suit by their former ward for an accounting. The motion for summary judgment was predicated on appellee’s having previously litigated the same issues in a suit in superior court and in an action for an accounting in probate court. The earlier superior court suit ended in a settlement between the parties and a dismissal with prejudice. The probate court proceeding concluded with that court’s approval of the accounting made by the guardians. We agree…