ALFORD v. CITIZENS &c. NAT. BANK

30723, 30724, 30787.

237 Ga. 194 (1976)

226 S.E.2d 905

ALFORD et al. v. CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK et al. DUNLAP v. CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK et al. CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK v. ALFORD et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 22, 1976.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Dunlap, pro se (case no. 30724).

Paul H. Anderson, Schroder, Nicholson & Meals, E. Penn Nicholson, John K. Dunlap, for Frances Glaze Alford et al.


GUNTER, Justice.

These appeals evolve from a three-way lawsuit among the bank as co-executor of the testator's estate, the widow of the testator as the legatee, and numerous beneficiaries of a trust established by the testator's will.

We have two issues for decision: (1) the construction placed upon the testator's will by the trial court, and (2) whether the trial court committed error in ordering the payment of attorney fees from assets of the estate to counsel...

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