Legal Opinion

National Bank of Fairmont v. Kenney

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1933No. 7484PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Kenna, Judge:

The National Bank of Fairmont, as administrator, etc., of the will of Ella Horan, filed a bill in equity under section 7, article 3, chapter 41 of the Official Code of 1931, in the circuit court of Marion county seeking a construction of the testatrix’ will. After providing a life estate for her husband, Lawrence Horan, who died before she did, the will disposes of the entire estate by placing it in trust, for certain purposes, and then proceeds to make disposition of the corpus under the following provisions:

“3. Should my husband, Lawrence Horan, survive me, I desire that he…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lee v. Bank of the U. StatesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1838
  2. Robinson v. AllenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
  3. Martin v. KirbySupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
  4. Stokes v. Van WyckSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
  5. Schaeffer v. SchaefferWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Weiss v. SotoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Weiss v. SotoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Brookover v. GrimmWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Co. v. StewartWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Young v. LewisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953

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