EPSTEIN v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK

S90A0218. S90X0219.

260 Ga. 217 (1990)

391 S.E.2d 924

EPSTEIN et al. v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK et al. THORNTON et al. v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kilpatrick & Cody, Harold E. Abrams, G. William Austin, Rebekah G. Strickland, for Epstein et al.

Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, Charles D. Hurt, Jr., E. Clayton Scofield III, Roberta E. Murphy, for Thornton et al.

Grenwald & Salo, Edward S. Grenwald, John M. Sheftall, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, T. Winston Huff, Jeffrey W. Kelley, Judith M. Becker, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Charles T. Lester, Jr., Larry J. White, R. Michael Robinson, King & Spalding, George H. Lanier, J. Warren Ott, for First National Bank of Atlanta et al.


BENHAM, Justice.

These appeals are from the final judgment entered in an action for declaratory judgment and for construction of trusts created by the will of Leila Thornton. The suit was brought by appellee First National Bank as trustee. The appellants in S90A0218 are the testatrix's natural great-grandchildren (Epsteins), and the appellants in S90X0219 are the testatrix's great-grandchildren by virtue of their adoption by her grandson, William Albert Thornton ...

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