Coleman v. Coleman

OLSZEWSKI, Judge.

In 1992, John T. Coleman (John) sued his mother Phyllis Coleman (Phyllis) in an effort to force her to make the mortgage payments on his house. Remarkably, the trial court granted John’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

We have read John and Phyllis Coleman’s depositions, and consider them in the light most favorable to Phyllis, against whom summary judgment was granted. The facts underlying this bizarre piece of litigation began in 1978, when John bought a house from his parents, Phyllis and John E. Coleman. John paid $30,000 to his parents for the property, which was…