Wetzel v. Watson

BROTHERTON, Justice:

Harvey Ivan Wetzel instituted this proceeding originally in the Circuit Court of Marion County, West Virginia, Division I, seeking to have a trust in his favor impressed upon the real estate and personalty of his father, Percy Lewis Wetzel, deceased. Harvey Wetzel’s main contention was that a joint will, executed by his parents, Percy Lewis Wetzel and Gay Gertrude Glover Wetzel, on July 23,1955, naming him as beneficiary after the death of his parents, was made pursuant to a contract or agreement and is therefore irrevocable. The lower court found for Harvey Wetzel, and by…