Beard v. Beard
West Virginia Supreme Court
Q-reeN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: In June, 1881, John G. Beard and Elizabeth J. Beard, his wife, Thomas C. Blair, Doctor F. Blair, J. C. Blair, Wm. M. Blair, Wm. Hill and'Mariam J. Hill, his wife, Shannon Clutter, Wm. Clutter and Enos Clutter filed their bill in the circuit court of Greenbrier county against Abram M. Beard and William L. McNeal.
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Q-reeN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: In June, 1881, John G. Beard and Elizabeth J. Beard, his wife, Thomas C. Blair, Doctor F. Blair, J. C. Blair, Wm. M. Blair, Wm. Hill and'Mariam J. Hill, his wife, Shannon Clutter, Wm. Clutter and Enos Clutter filed their bill in the circuit court of Greenbrier county against Abram M. Beard and William L. McNeal. The bill alleged, that Mrs. Martha A. Beard died in May, 1879, intestate and without issue, leaving her husband, Abram M. Beard, to survive her, who qualified as her administrator on June 2,1879, his co-defendant, Wm. L.…
1Opinion of the Court
GreeN, Judge:
The important and controlling question in this case is': Was Abram M. Beard as the survivor of his wife Martha A. Beard and as her administrator entitled to the whole of her personal estate after the payment of her debts, or was he bound to account therefor to her next of kin, her brothers; sisters a,nd nephews, as her distributees? This must depend upon the construction given to the marriage-settlement made and entered into between Abram M. Beard and Martha A. Clark, formerly Blair, at the time of their marriage dated May 7,1878, a copy of which has been given at length in the…
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