Turner v. Trust Company of Georgia

Hawkins, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

There can be no serious question as to the right of the beneficiaries of a trust to apply to a court of equity to protect the trust property upon the refusal or failure of the trustee to do so. McGehee v. Pope, 167 Ga. 622 (146 S. E. 455); McLarty v. Abercrombie, 168 Ga. 742 (149 S. E. 30); President & Trustees of Bowdoin College v. Merritt, 54 Fed. 55; and compare Denny v. Gardner, 149 Ga. 42 (99 S. E. 27); Jones v. Gann, 184 Ga. 722 (193 S. E. 174). Thus, had the trustee taken no action with respect to the transaction here involved, the…