169 W. Va. 372 - Keller v. Keller’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2000
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Couch v. Eastham · 162 W. Va. 48 - Emmert v. Old National Bank of Martinsburg · 135 W. Va. 502 - Dingess v. Drake · Hester v. Sammons · Hoffman v. Beltzhoover
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“I further direct that should George W. Keller die while the said trust fund is in existence that the said Trustee shall pay his funeral expenses from said fund and any balance remaining in said trust fund to pass outright to such of the brothers and sisters of said George W. Keller as are then living, share and share alike.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“trust provisions of the will expressed a general intent that the brothers and sisters surviving George W. Keller would take his share. It is clear that had the trust been in existence after the death of the testator, such brothers and sisters, rather than the appellants, would have taken George W. Keller’s share.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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