French v. French
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Hampshire county, rendered on the 12th day of December, 1876, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein William French was plaintiff, and Florence French was defendant, allowed on the petition of said William French. Hon. John Blair Hoge, judge of ihe third judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court. cited the following authorities: Shep. Tonch. 401; 1 Redf.
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Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Hampshire county, rendered on the 12th day of December, 1876, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein William French was plaintiff, and Florence French was defendant, allowed on the petition of said William French. Hon. John Blair Hoge, judge of ihe third judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court. cited the following authorities: Shep. Tonch. 401; 1 Redf. Wills (2d ed.) 170, 171 and n 22 ; 2 Phillim. 180; 4 Gratt. 277; 2 Leigh 262; 26 Gratt. 476 ; Williams, Ex’rs 60, n l; 1…
1Opinion of the Court
HaymoND, Judue,
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The plaintiff filed his bill against defendant in the circuit court of Hampshire county, in which he alleges, that William Taylor French departed this life on or about the 29th day of December, 1874, leaving no children, but leaving his wife, Florence French, surviving him; that plaintiff is the father of the said William Taylor French and his heir at law, that on the-day of May, 1876, the said Florence French propounded in the circuit court of Hampshire county as for the last will and testament of the said William Taylor French, deceased, a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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