McConnell v. Moore

Beasley, Judge.

The question is whether a motion for attorney fees under OCGA § 9-15-14 was timely. In July 1995, appellee Don Moore offered Jane Ware McConnell’s will for probate in solemn form in the Probate Court of Rabun County. In response, appellants William McConnell, her nephew, and Jane Alexander, her niece, filed a caveat. By consent order the case was transferred to superior court. On September 9, 1996, the court granted Moore’s motion for summary judgment on the caveat. The caveators sought review of that decision in the Supreme Court and the decision was affirmed.1

After the…