Ryan v. Rickman

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Monongalia County of a motion for summary judgment in which the Circuit Court ruled against the appellant, the administratrix of the estate of a deceased person.

For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the action of the lower court.

I

This action was commenced when the ap-pellee, Terry Ryan, filed a complaint on April 3, 1998, in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County. The appellee requested a declaratory judgment finding that the appellee is an heir of Van C. Culp, who died intestate on September 17, 1997, in Monongalia County; and that the…