Cooper v. Cooper
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Randolph County. Bill by Bertha Cooper, bjr her next friend, against John A. Cooper and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
Bertha Cooper, an infant who sues by next friend, her mother, Cettie Purkey, files her bill against the administrator and heirs of John A. Cooper, deceased, to specifically enforce a contract, alleged to have been made for her benefit between said Cooper ■and her mother, against said estate, for her support until she arrives a.t “full age.” The facts are these: John A. Cooper died intestate and unmarried about the last of December, 1903, leaving brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews as his heirs at law and dis-tributees. His personal property being insufficient for the…
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