WEST v. TRUMAN

No. 14013.

272 S.E.2d 824 (1980)

Blaine WEST, Bernard West and Alma West v. Osena TRUMAN, Herbert Truman, Arelia West Jarvis, Nathan Boggs, Mattie Boggs, Emma McGraw, Patrick McGraw, Charles Russell Jarvis and Henry M. Jarvis.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Skeen, Ripley, for appellants.

Hedges & Jones, Orton A. Jones and Thomas C. Evans, III, Spencer, for appellees.


NEELY, Chief Justice:

The facts of this case begin with a deed of 11 March 1893 and extend to the present time. The conveyances in question are in many regards a parody of the land law: certain conveyances were made to protect the grantor from his creditors;1 others were made for the purpose of providing support to certain individuals for life;2 and, finally one actually involves a conveyance to "heirs" as...

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