Title: Talley v. Horn
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 146, 2022
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: May 19, 2022

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.