RUFFIN, Judge.
This case involves the issue of whether a probate court has jurisdiction over a claim against executors of an estate in which the claimants seek payment of damages for breach of a fiduciary duty. For reasons that follow, we hold that it does.
Brenda Sims Heath, a beneficiary under the will of Curtis Sims, filed a petition in probate court seeking the removal of the estate's executors, Wayne Michael Sims and Fred Edward Sims. On March 11, 1997...
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