Murphy v. Karnes
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Morgan County. Petition to County Court by John K. Murphy against Hiram Karnes, administrator. Judgment for defendant on appeal to Circuit Court, and petitioner brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively, Judge:
A. R. Barnes, a resident of Morgan County, died intestate on November t 7, 1918, leaving a widow, Bessie Fortney Barnes, and one child, Ada, about three years of age. Several hours afterwards, on the same day, the widow, Bessie Fortney Barnes, died intestate, leaving surviving her, Ada, the three year old child, begotten by A. R. Barnes, and two other children, Flora Fortney and Madeline Fortney, both under fourteen years of age, children by a former deceased husband. On the 12th day of November, 1918, the infant-child, Ada, died. The three deaths were caused by the terrible…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re the Administration of the Estate of StollingsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
- Taylor v. Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
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