Gwaltney v. Russell

Nancy Russell Gwaltney ("Nancy"); her three children, Eugene C. Gwaltney III ("Eugene"), Nancy Gwaltney Klopman ("Klopman"), and George Walker Gwaltney ("George"); and two family partnerships, Gwaltney Investment, Ltd. ("GIL"), and Gwaltney-Baird Investments, Ltd. ("GBIL"), appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Benjamin Russell ("Benjamin") on Benjamin's complaint seeking specific performance of a 1985 contract. We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

The late Benjamin C. Russell (hereinafter referred to as "the testator"), who had no children, created in his will the Russell Trust,…