Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. Mowrey

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 9, 1943No. CC 665PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Fox, Judge:

William I. Mowrey, whose domicile was Harrison County, died in June, 1939, leaving a will, dated August 13, 1931, written in his own hand, in which he expresses his desire that all debts be paid, and the second clause of which reads as follows:

“I give devise and bequeath to my wife Agnes Mowrey, all of my entire estate, of every kind both real & personal, during her lifetime, at her death I desire that all property remaining be sold and that Corma Mowrey daughter of Loyd Mow-rey & Mowrey Frame daughter of Harry Frame, of Weston, West Va. share equal in the remaining estate.”

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Trustees Presbyterian Church v. MizeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
  2. Couch v. EasthamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Buskirk v. RaglandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Stout v. CliffordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Behrens v. BaumannWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cotiga Development Co. v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Weiss v. SotoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Weiss v. SotoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Cuppett v. NeillyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Security National Bank & Trust Co. v. WillimWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1967

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