Lynch v. Armstrong
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison County. Bill to determine tbe respective rights of plaintiffs and defendants to the estate, real and personal, of the late Adolphus Armstrong, deceased, and his deceased sister Louisa Ann Armstrong. Decree for appellees, and Isaac C. Balphsnyder appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
The appellant is Isaac C. Balphsnyder, one of the plaintiffs in the bill,, and the appellees are defendants W. W. Shoch, Trustee, and Mary Abigal Shoch Batten.
The object of the bill was to determine the respective rights of plaintiffs and defendants to the estate, real and personal, of the late Adolphus Armstrong, deceased, and of his deceased sister Louisa Ann Armstrong, his sole heir, who left a will by which she undertook to dispose of the estate which came to her from her deceased brother. After his death and after her death much litigation ensued between conflicting…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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