Legal Opinion
Hays v. Harris
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1913PublishedCited by 24 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wood County. Bill by Abijah Hays, administrator, etc., and others, against Thomas A. Harris and others. Erom a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
Andrew G. Clark died testate; and, after giving pecuniary legacies to a number of his friends and relatives, made the following bequest:
“All the residue and remainder of my estate, real and personal of which I shall die seized and possessed, or to which I *19may be entitled at the time of my decease my executors will .convert into money as soon as may be without sacrifice and hand over to Drs. T. A. Harris, W. 1ST. Burwell, John H. Kelly, T. B. Oamden and W. H. Sharp, in trust, for the purpose of purchasing the Gale property at the Eastern end of Market Street, or other suitable…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Trustees of the Philadelphia Baptist Ass'n v. Hart's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Russell v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Daniel v. SimmsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- Wheeler v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Vest v. CobbWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
- State v. ReedWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
- State ex rel. City of Wheeling v. RenickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
- Brady v. ReinerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1973
- In Re the Estate of TeubertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
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