Brammer v. Taylor

McHUGH, Justice.

This case is before this Court upon appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, West Virginia [hereinafter, “the trial court”]. In that order the trial court set aside an earlier final order in favor of defendants/appellants.

This case involves a lost legacy under an invalidly attested codicil. “An old proverb warns us to take heed lest we ‘walk into a well from looking at the stars.’ To show why [this case, although factually unique, is not as legally complicated as the parties and the trial court have viewed it, we] must bring these deliberations down to…