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122 W. Va. 559

12 S.E.2d 49

In Re: Conley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1940

West Virginia Supreme Court · decided 1940-10-22

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Decided 1940-10-22

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Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently June 2007 · most notably 147 W. Va. 484 - Cotiga Development Co. v. United Fuel Gas Co. (1962), 140 W. Va. 422 - Goetz v. Old National Bank of Martinsburg (1954)

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Kenna, Judge,

¶1 concurring:

¶2 This review is by way of appeal and for that reason the holding of this Court and the discussion contained in its opinion should not be inclusive of matters not passed upon by the trial chancellor. The decree below, I agree, contained an apparent error in holding that the testatrix died intestate as to the fee in her realty because the term “his share” described nothing more than a life estate which could not pass upon the death of the life tenant. The decree made no attempt to construe the provisions dealing with remainders over except to ignore them as being invalid. In my opinion this Court should confine its pronouncement to the error apparent upon the face of the record and should avoid an anticipatory decree.

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