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DURHAM v. DURHAM

Nos. S12A0537, S12A0607.

728 S.E.2d 627 (2012)

291 Ga. 231

DURHAM v. DURHAM, et al. Callaway v. Willard, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Dubberly & McGrovern, Glennville, for appellant in No. S12A0537.

J. Franklin Edenfield, Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield, P.C., Swainsboro, William J. Neville, Jr., Callaway, Neville & Brinson, Claxton, Luke A. Lantta, General Counsel, Nicole Jennings Wade, Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta, for appellee in No. S12A0537.

William J. Neville, Jr., Callaway, Neville & Brinson, Claxton, for appellant in No. S12A0607.

Bruce Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Dubberly & McGovern, Glennville, J. Franklin Edenfield, Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield, Swainsboro, Nicole Jennings Wade, Luke A. Lantta, Gen. Counsel, Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta, for appellee in No. S12A0537.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

The question presented by these two cases is whether appeals that involve the proper interpretation of a trust provision come within this Court's general appellate jurisdiction over "equity cases," Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. III(2), because the resolution of that legal issue will affect the administration of the trust. Consistent with our precedent on this question, we conclude that such cases do not come within our equity jurisdiction...

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