Legal Opinion

Underwood v. Myer

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 26, 1929No. 6116PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hatoher, Judge:

In February, 1919, the plaintiff (then Mary Smith) and her husband, Ferry Smith, executed a joint will which contains the following provision:

“We hereby will and bequeath to Mary Belle Myer all of the land, real estate and appurtenances thereto belonging, of which we, or either of us, may die seized or possessed, but the said real estate and appurtenances thereto shall not pass to tbe said Mary Belle Myer so long as either of us, the said Perry Smith or Mary Smith, shall live, but after the death of the last survivor of this will the said real estate shall pass to and be held…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Edson v. . ParsonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  2. Frazier v. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Hermann v. LudwigAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  4. Campbell v. DunkelbergerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  5. Bower v. DanielSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Godwin v. Wachovia Bank & Trust CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  2. Wilson v. StarbuckWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Culhane's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Ankeny v. LieuallenOregon Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Turner v. TheissWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946

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