Chester v. Bouchillon

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

This case is essentially an action by the appellants to remove the appellee as executor due to alleged misconduct of management and waste of the estate. Subsequent to the previous appearance of this case, Lowell v. Bouchillon, 246 Ga. 357 (271 SE2d 498) (1980), the appellee made a deed of assent to the appellants and the appellee’s wife, the specific devisees of the family homeplace. The appellee’s wife filed a partitioning action, which was concluded by a consent decree.

The appellants filed various discovery motions, which were voluntarily dismissed on July 17,…