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CLARK v. STUDENWALT

No. 20475.

419 S.E.2d 308 (1992)

187 W.Va. 368

Arthur D. CLARK, Executor of the Estate of William Walter Clark, Deceased, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Carolyn STUDENWALT, Pauline Shackleford, Laura Jean Bush, Sharon Linger, Shirley Loretta Hershman, Jane Buchanan, Betty Davis, Edwin R. Clark, Viola Jewell, Arthur D. Clark, Virginia Williams, Luttie Beachler, Bernice Cook, Darlene Bean, Robert Kelly, Jr., John Smith, Reta Clark and the unknown heirs of William Walter Clark, Deceased, Defendants Below, Appellees and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy D. Law, Hunter, Law & Levine, Buckhannon, for Arthur D. Clark.

W.T. Weber, Weston, for appellants.

J. Michael Benninger, William L. Frame, Wilson, Frame & Metheny, Morgantown, for appellee Virginia Williams.

WORKMAN, Justice:

Appellants Viola Jewell and Arthur D. Clark appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Lewis County which declared the holographic1 instrument dated December 27, 1983, not to be the last will and testament of William Walter Clark ("Walter Clark") and further determined that Walter Clark died intestate. We reverse, finding that the writing at issue is a valid holographic will.

Walter Clark died on September 20...

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