Daugherty v. DeWees

This appeal from the Circuit Court of Wirt County involves the question of whether there was valid delivery of a deed conveying a fifty-five acre farm. The deed was delivered by the grantor to a third party with the written direction that the deed was for the grantee upon the grant- or’s death. The trial court ruled the deed invalid for lack of delivery. Because the trial court’s decision was based on a clearly erroneous factual finding, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand for further proceedings.

C.C. Daugherty died on July 9, 1978. He left surviving him, his second wife, E.…