Woman's Club of St. Albans v. James

Sprouse, Justice:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which dismissed the appellant’s action to construe a will. The appellant, The Woman’s Club of St. Albans, sought a judicial determination of whether property devised to the Club by the will could be sold or used commercially without losing the real estate. The defendants and appellees are Ernest K. James, Trustee of a trust created by the will, Mary Ellen Skinner Martin, Charles Wickham Skinner, Jr., Car-rol Skinner Lawson; Charles A. Albert, Paul C. Soulsby, and John T. Keenan, Trustees of St. Mark’s…