Harris v. Eskridge
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Fox, President:
W. C. Lawrence died testate on the 6th day of February, 1939. His will, dated November 3, 1938, with a codicil thereto, dated December 31, 1938, was admitted to probate in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Fay-ette County on February 11, 1939. Item I thereof directs that all just debts and funeral expenses be paid.. By Item II he bequeaths to Paul D. Lawrence the sum of one hundred dollars. Item III reads as follows:
“I give and bequeath all my cash money in the bank and proceeds from my various insurance policies, after deducting my last illness and funeral…
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