1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 427 S.E.2d
  5. 427 S.E.2d 236 (1993)
 

STOCKERT v. COUNCIL ON WORLD SERVICE

No. 21150.

427 S.E.2d 236 (1993)

189 W.Va. 1

Thomas L. STOCKERT, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Nelia Zimmerman, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. COUNCIL ON WORLD SERVICE AND FINANCE OF the METHODIST CHURCH, aka General Commission on World Service and Finance, Now Known as General Council on Finance and Administration; First United Methodist Church of Buckhannon; Elizabeth Coplin Leonard Memorial Hospital, Inc., Defendants Below, Appellees, St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc., Defendant Below, Appellant, Rose Secrist, et al., Defendants Below.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 11, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy D. Law, Buckhannon, for Estate of Neila Zimmerman, deceased.

Ellen Maxwell-Hoffman, Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Charleston, for Council on World Service and Finance of Methodist Church.

Robert M. Morris, Weston, for Elizabeth Coplin Leonard Memorial Hosp., Inc.

Terry D. Reed, Hymes and Coonts, Buckhannon, for St. Joseph's Hosp. of Buckhannon, Inc.

NEELY, Justice.

Neila Zimmerman wrote her will in 1971 and bequeathed one-third of the residue of her estate to the three following charities in equal shares: (1) the Council on World Service and Finance of the Methodist Church; (2) the Elizabeth Coplin Leonard Memorial Hospital of Buckhannon; and, (3) the St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon. Mrs. Zimmerman died in 1983 and her 1971 will was duly admitted to probate.

At the time Neila Zimmerman executed her...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases