Opinion ID: 1553671
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Succession of Annie Mae Fuller Anderson

Text: In February 1994, Mrs. Anderson died, and respondent's wife, Nancy, was appointed executrix of the succession. [19] Respondent served as counsel for the executrix. Soon after her appointment, Mrs. Baggette was discharged as executrix, and Mrs. Anderson's nephew, James Roy Fuller, Jr., was appointed dative testamentary executor. [20] In 1996, Mr. Fuller filed suit against respondent, his wife, and Auburn. [21] Among other allegations, Mr. Fuller claimed that respondent defrauded Mrs. Anderson of her inheritance of one-third of the assets belonging to the successions of both Helen and Jo Anne. Mr. Fuller further alleged that respondent, as legal representative of the successions, illegally and fraudulently conveyed succession assets to Auburn for prices far below their fair market value, and that in doing so, he breached his fiduciary duty to protect and preserve the succession assets. Mr. Fuller also asserted that respondent fomented years of litigation in the two successions and frustrated Mrs. Collins' attempts to administer Jo Anne's succession as part of a concerted scheme to gain control and ownership of the property belonging to Helen's and Jo Anne's successions. In response to the petition, respondent filed the exceptions of prescription and peremption. Ultimately, the trial court granted the exception of prescription and dismissed all of Mr. Fuller's claims against respondent in his capacity as administrator of Jo Anne's succession, and all of Mr. Fuller's claims against respondent in his capacity as administrator of Helen's succession after January 12, 1990. However, the court of appeal reversed, finding that Mr. Fuller's suit against respondent was timely. [22] The Fuller case was then set for trial. After several continuances of the matter, the suit settled in March 2007 when respondent agreed to pay $1.1 million to Mrs. Anderson's heirs.