Chapalas v. Papachristos

Bell, Justice.

Besiduary legatees filed in the court of ordinary an application to require an accounting and settlement of the executor. The case was appealed to the superior court, where the petition was dismissed on general demurrer, and the plaintiffs excepted. It seems from the briefs and a recital in the bill of exceptions that the judge was of the opinion that under the terms of the will the executor was relieved from any accounting or settlement in the court of ordinary. Item 5 of the will was as follows: “I hereby make and appoint Constantinos N. Papachristos of Albany, Ga., as…