Wyatt v. Wyatt
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Randolph County. Bill by John W. Wyatt against French C. Wyatt. Demurrer to bill sustained and cause dismissed, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, PRESIDENT:
Upon this review, John W. Wyatt complains of a decree dismissing his bill on demurrer, after failure to amend within the thirty days allowed by the court for that purpose. French C. Wyatt is the sole defendant. The propriety of the rulings sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the cause is the only question presented for determination.
*709Succinctly stated, the bill alleges that plaintiff, a farmer living near the city of Elkins, and his wife Amanda are “well advanced in years”, and defendant, now residing in Elkins, is one of their several children; that plaintiff is the owner…
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