Opinion ID: 1652224
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: whether the chancery court erred in overruling the smiths' motion for summary judgment on the issue of will substitutes and rights of survivorship.

Text: ¶ 29. The validity of the summary judgment motion denied in the second part of this bifurcated trial is not properly before the court since there has been no final judgment on this issue. Miss.Code Ann. § 11-51-3 (Supp.1998). For a decree to be appealable under this code section, it must be final as to all parties and all issues. American Empire Life Ins. Co. v. Skil-Craft Builders, Inc., 291 So.2d 735, 736 (Miss.1974). Rule 54(b) states: When more than one claim for relief is presented in an action ... the court may direct the entry of a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims or parties.... In the absence of such determination and direction, any order or other form of decision, however designated which adjudicates fewer than all of the claims ... of fewer than all the parties shall not terminate the action ... and ... is subject to revision at any time before the entry of judgment adjudicating all the claims and the rights and liabilities of the parties. M.R.C.P. 54(b). This assignment of error is not properly before the Court.