Brown v. Trust Co. of Ga.

Gunter, Justice.

Trust Company of Georgia as trustee of a trust established by the will of Robert C. Turner brought an action below seeking the direction of the court as to what persons constituted a class of persons, such class of persons being beneficiaries of the trust upon its termination.

The class of persons named as beneficiaries by the testator was his nieces and nephews, expressly excluding one of them. The essential issue for decision below and here was whether an adopted daughter of one of the testator’s sisters was a member of the class of beneficiaries. The trial court held that…