Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Reed

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 27, 1943No. 9415PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Lovins, Judge:

The County Court of Ohio County admitted a writing to probate as the last will and testament of Frank Reed. On appeal under Code, 41-5-7, the circuit court held the writing to be the true will of Frank Reed, granted probate thereof, and the proceeding comes here for review.

Frank Reed and Lillian Reed, his wife, on October 5, 1928, went to the office of an attorney-at-law of Enid, Oklahoma, employed him to draft their wills, and in formed him that they desired all their property to go to the survivor except some minor legacies to the five children of Frank Reed. They remained in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Frazier v. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Campbell v. DunkelbergerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  3. Wilson v. StarbuckWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
  4. Underwood v. MyerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
  5. In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of WerkmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1940

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Weiss v. SotoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Weiss v. SotoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  3. O'CONNOR v. ImmeleNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Gray v. MarinoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Turner v. TheissWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946

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