124 W. Va. 399 - Ritchie v. Armentrout’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently June 2007
15 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Callan v. Wilson · Fuller v. Sylvia · Johnson v. Harrison · Ferris v. Higley · State v. McClear
Most-quoted passages
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““While the term ‘probate’ in some connections may be limited in meaning to the steps involved in the proving of a will, it more often is understood to include all the ordinary steps and incidents usual and necessary for the administration of estates. Dibble v. Winter, 247 Ill. 243 , 93 N. E. 145 ; Johnson v. Harrison, 47 Minn. 575 , 50 N. W. 923 , 28 Am. St. Rep. 382 ; Reno v. McCully, 65 Ia. 629 , 22 N. W. 902 ; In re Miller’s Estate, 216 Pa. 247 , 65 A. 681 ; In re Guardianship of Strelow, 116 Neb. 873 , 219 N. W. 387 ; Chase Nat. Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co., 164 Misc. 508 , 299 N. Y. S. 926; In re Cloward’s Estate, 95 Utah 453 , 82 P. 2d 336 , 119 A. L. R. 123. Also, the ‘settlement of the accounts’ of a fiduciary is often, if not usually, held to include the determination of claims against the estate involved. 24 C. J., p. 924; 15 C. J., p. 1010. This theory was apparently adopted by this Court in Stone v. Simmons, 56 W. Va. 88 , 48 S. E. 841 , in which it is said: ‘In the State of West Virginia the county courts, and the clerks thereof, in vacation, have exclusive original jurisdiction in all probate matters involving the probate of wills and the ordinary administrative proceedings involved in the administration of estates.’ In Page v. Huddleston, 98 W. Va. 104 , 126 S. E. 579 , this Court said: ‘By reason of Section 24, Article 8 of the Constitution of West Virginia, and the statutes enacted in pursuance thereto, county courts have original jurisdiction in all mat”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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