Butcher v. Kunst
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Taylor County. Contest to determine the right and priority to administration of the estate of Adolphus Armstrong, deceased, between Louisa Butcher and others and G. EL A. Kunst and others. From the final order of the county court appointing Kunst administrator of the estate, Louisa Butcher and such others appealed to the circuit court, which court dismissed the appeal, and Louisa Butcher and such others bring error.
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Error to Circuit Court, Taylor County. Contest to determine the right and priority to administration of the estate of Adolphus Armstrong, deceased, between Louisa Butcher and others and G. EL A. Kunst and others. From the final order of the county court appointing Kunst administrator of the estate, Louisa Butcher and such others appealed to the circuit court, which court dismissed the appeal, and Louisa Butcher and such others bring error. On death of said Louisa Butcher pending hearing on writ of error, said cause was revived and proceeded in by George Woofter and others as her heirs and…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President:
This ease had its origin in a contest over the right and priority of administration of the estate of Adolphus Armstrong, deceased, begun in March, 1907, in the county court of Taylor county and continued on appeal of Louisa Butcher by George Woof ter and others, her next of kin, to the circuit court of said county, from the final order of the said county court appointing, on motion of creditors, and others, G. H. A. Kunst, administrator of said estate. The case is here upon a writ of error to the judgment of the said circuit court dismissing said appeal. ■.On June 13, 1908,…
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