Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Farmer v. Citizens Trust & Guaranty Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1919PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Certified Questions from Circuit Gourt, Wood County. Action of debt by the State, for the use of C. S. Farmer, admihistrator de bonis non of the estate of Beulah Wester-man, deceased, against the Citizens’ Trust & Guaranty Company. Plaintiff’s motion to strike a plea from the file denied, and ruling certified.

1Opinion of the Court

Lynch, Judge:

Plaintiff, as administrator de bonis non of the' estate of Beulah Westerman, daughter of W. S. Wiley, deceased, and wife of C. G. Westerman, deceased, who qualified and became the administrator of the estate devised and bequeathed to her by the will of her father, brought against Citizens Trust & Guaranty Company, surety on Westerman’s bond as administrator, this action of debt on the bond to recover assets belonging to her estate in the hands of Westerman unadminis-tered at the date of his death; and to defeat recovery thereon defendant, in addition to nil debit, conditions…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Stevens v. GaylordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
  2. Bassett v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  3. McCarty v. FrazerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  4. Walker v. WalkerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Wright v. LangSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re Connolly's EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Wood v. TuohyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
  3. Glens Falls Indemnity Co. v. WallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
  4. State Ex Rel. George v. Sun Indemnity Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Flanagan v. ConnollyMontana Supreme Court · 1925

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