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GRIFFITH v. FIRST NAT. BANK &c. CO.

38231, 38232, 38233, 38234.

249 Ga. 143 (1982)

287 S.E.2d 526

GRIFFITH v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY IN MACON et al. CUTLER et al. v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY IN MACON et al. FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY IN MACON et al. v. CUTLER et al. (two cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mincey & Kenmore, David L. Mincey, David L. Mincey, Jr., for appellant (case no. 38231).

Harris, Watkins, Davis & Chambless, John B. Harris, Jr., Mary M. Katz, John D. Comer, Timothy K. Adams, for appellees (case no. 38231).

John B. Harris, Jr., Mary M. Katz, for appellants (case no. 38232).

David L. Mincey, David L. Mincey, Jr., John D. Comer, Timothy K. Adams, for appellees (case no. 38232).

John D. Comer, for appellants (case nos. 38233, 38234).

John B. Harris, Jr., David L. Mincey, Timothy K. Adams, for appellees (case nos. 38233, 38234).

JORDAN, Chief Justice.

This case brings into question the discretionary powers of a trustee with regard to charging two different trusts for encroachments made upon their corpus for the benefit of the beneficiary.

Arthur Griffith, Sr. was 85 years old when, on April 17, 1969, he executed a marital-deduction, inter-vivos trust agreement with the trustee-appellee First National Bank. This trust instrument created two trusts — (1) a marital deduction trust...

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