Case Title: Talley v. Horn

Citation: 

Docket Number: 146, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-05-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
KENNETH R. TALLEY and 
JANICE A. TALLEY, 
 
Plaintiffs Below, 
Appellants, 
 
v. 
 
JUDITH TALLEY HORN and 
DARREN WAYNE HORN SR., 
 
Defendants Below, 
Appellees. 
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§  No. 146, 2022 
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§  Court Below—Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. 2021-0011 
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Submitted: May 10, 2022 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: May 19, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
This 19th day of May 2022, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On April 29, 2022, the plaintiffs below-appellants, Kenneth R. Talley 
and Janice A. Talley (“the Talleys”) filed an interlocutory appeal from a Court of 
Chancery Master’s letters denying their requests for continuance of trial and 
informing them that trial would proceed as scheduled.  The Senior Court Clerk 
issued a notice directing the Talleys to show cause why this appeal should not be 
dismissed for this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to consider an appeal directly from a 
Court of Chancery Master’s rulings. 
 
 
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(2) 
In their response to the notice to show, the Talleys argue the merits of 
their underlying case and explain the reasons for their request for a continuance in 
the Court of Chancery.  The Talleys do not address this Court’s lack of jurisdiction  
to hear an appeal directly from a Master’s decision.1  The right to review of a 
Master’s order is to a judge in the Court of Chancery.2 This appeal must be 
dismissed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice 
 
1 In re Webb, 2011 WL 4838972, at *1 (Del. Oct. 12, 2011) (citing Johnson v. State, 884 A.2d 
475, 479) (Del. 2005)). 
2 Del. Ch. Ct. R. 144.