TAYLOR v. TAYLOR

No. 13693.

230 S.E.2d 924 (1976)

Frances Caston TAYLOR, widow of Brooklyn D. Taylor, Deceased v. Jay Douglas TAYLOR, as Executor of the Estate of Brooklyn D. Taylor, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Bias, Jr. and E. Leslie Hoffman, III, Charleston, for appellant.

John G. Anderson, Winfield, for appellees.


WILSON, Justice:

On this appeal, we are required to determine whether the plaintiff (appellant) demonstrated a valid marriage between herself and Brooklyn D. Taylor, now deceased. The Circuit Court of Putnam County, after a trial without a jury, found that she had not. We affirm.

Brooklyn D. Taylor, a resident of Hurricane, West Virginia, died on March 30, 1974, leaving a will dated March 19, 1974, in which the plaintiff was not named as a beneficiary. Plaintiff...

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