Currence v. Ralphsnyder

Hatcher, Judge:

Adolphus Armstrong, aged eighty years, died intestate and unmarried in 1907, leaving considerable property. The settlement of his estate has been attended with much litigation. See Butcher v. Kunst, 65 W. Va. 384; Butcher v. Sommerville, 67 W. Va. 261; Woofter v. Matz, 71 W. Va. 63; Lynch v. Armstrong, 81 W. Va. 135, 90 W. Va. 98, 99 W. Va. 509, and Fisher v. Lynch, 107 W. Va. 384, 148 S. E. 484. This is another act in that drama. Claimants of the estate were legion. The most prominent one for a time was Louisa Ann Armstrong (or Butcher), who claimed to be a sister of…