Cornwell v. Mount Morris Methodist Episcopal Church
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit 'Court, Barbour County. A bill was filed by one Cornwell, executor, etc., for instructions as to his duties, and from the decree the Mount Morris Methodist Episcopal Church and another appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, PRESIDENT:
On a bill filed by the executor of the last will and testament of Appolonia Walter, for advice and1 instruction as to his duties, in view of controversies and disputes as to the validity of certain provisions of the will, the court below adjudged and decreed all of its provisions to be void except one requiring the erection of a monument at her grave; and the executor and two of the beneficiaries under the will, the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the West Yirginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, have appealed.
The decree recites two…
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