Jones v. McGuirt

By the terms of his last will and testament, Glenn W. Anthony appointed Marion J. Jones, Jr., as the executor of his estate and also trustee of a trust created by his will. Upon the granting of letters testamentary to Jones by the Probate Court of Russell County, the heirs of Glenn W. Anthony filed a petition for appointment of an administrator cum testamento annexo and requested that Jones be removed as executor of the Anthony estate and as trustee. The heirs alleged that Jones was unfit to serve as executor or trustee because he had been convicted of an infamous crime; he was incompetent;…