KEYES v. KEYES

No. 19126.

392 S.E.2d 693 (1990)

George W. KEYES, Jr., Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of George W. Keyes, Deceased v. Robert J. KEYES, Annalaura Keyes, and Maude Keyes.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lafe C. Chafin, Barrett, Chafin, Lowry & Hampton, Huntington, for Robert Joseph Keyes, Annalaura Keyes, & Maude Keyes.

Kenneth H. Fisher, Fisher & Young, L.C., Huntington, for George W. Keyes, Jr.


NEELY, Chief Justice:

In this family dispute, the defendants appeal judgment against them in the Circuit Court of Wayne County for $25,000 in compensatory damages and $5000 in punitive damages.

George W. Keyes died intestate on 21 January 1987. He had been divorced from the mother of his only child, George W. Keyes, Jr. The decedent's house in Prichard, West Virginia, was owned by the decedent's mother, Maude Keyes, who lived nearby. The other parties in the...

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