Lowery v. Raptis

This is an appeal by Andrew A. Raptis, defendant below, from an order entered July 27, 1983, in the Circuit Court of Kana-wha County, granting the plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment. Finding that there was a genuine issue of material fact and that the plaintiff was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law, we reverse.

The parties in this action are siblings, male and female, the children of Andrew, Sr. and Elizabeth Raptis. Andrew, Sr. died in 1963. In 1978 and 1980, Elizabeth conveyed to her five children one-half interest in tracts of real property, known as the “Goodrich”…