Legal Opinion
Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Co. v. Hanes
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1977No. 13732PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Neely, Justice:
The Court granted this appeal for the purpose of reviewing the law annunciated in Syllabus Point 2 of Security National Bank & Trust Co. v. Willim, 151 W. Va. 429, 153 S.E.2d 114 (1967) concerning the treatment of adopted children under testamentary and inter vivos trusts executed before 1959 when the Legislature enacted W. Va. Code, 48-4-5 [1959]. 1 Syllabus Point 2 of the Willim case says:
“In a case involving the construction of a will made in 1900 by a testatrix who died in 1908, and particularly involving construction of language by which certain property was devised in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- In Re Trust Under Will of HoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- Standard Oil Co. v. Mount Bethel United Methodist ChurchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- In Re the Estate of CoeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- Farmers & Merchants Bank of Keyser v. Farmers & Merchants Bank of KeyserWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
- Haskell v. Wilmington Trust CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1973
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. Michael M.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
- Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Co. v. SingerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
- In Re Will of MartellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- Berry v. Union National BankWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Elliott v. HiddlesonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
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