Keith v. Dooley
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAIDIK, Judge.
Case Summary
Marcella A. Keith ("Marcella"), Bonnie Kay Marks ("Bonnie"), and Terry G. Dooley ("Terry") (collectively, "Nieces and Nephew") appeal the trial court's Indiana Trial Rule 12(B)(8) dismissal of their complaint against the executor of their aunt's estate and a beneficiary of their aunt's will on grounds that the same action is pending in another Indiana court. Because both actions instituted by Nieces and Nephew involve substantially the same parties, subject matter, and remedies, the trial court did not err in dismissing the complaint pursuant to Trial Rule…
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