First Ala. Bank of Huntsville v. Spragins
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
The Spragins family, as beneficiaries, brought suit against First Alabama Bank of Huntsville (hereinafter "First Alabama" or "the Bank"), trustee of a trust created by the last will and testament of Marion Beirne Spragins, Sr., for breach of fiduciary duty and mismanagement of the trust fund. Initially, the Bank petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus after the Circuit Court of Madison County had denied the Bank's motion to strike the Spraginses' jury demand. We denied the writ (Exparte First Alabama Bank of Huntsville, 425 So.2d 1367 (Ala. 1982), without opinion) and the case was tried…
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