POLING v. BELINGTON BANK, INC.

No. 25336.

529 S.E.2d 856 (2000)

207 W.Va. 145

William F. POLING and Candace L. Jacques, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. BELINGTON BANK, INC., Dorothy F. Poling, V.L. Smithson, A. Houston Booth, Thomas M. Pitsenberger, Dorward L. Matlick, Robert B. Reger, Barbour County Bank, and Other Unknown Persons, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, v. Jeanne E. Poling, Executrix of the Estate of Herman J. Poling, Jr., Third-Party Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 13, 1999.

Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Starcher March 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Sims, Esq., Debra Tedeschi Hall, Esq., Sims & Hall, Elkins, West Virginia and Dwight R. Hall, Esq., Elkins, West Virginia, Attorneys for Plaintiffs Below, Appellants.

Harry A. Smith, III, Esq., Jory & Smith, Elkins, West Virginia, Attorney for Belington Bank, Inc., Dorothy F. Poling, V.L. Smithson, A. Houston Booth, Thomas M. Pitsenberger, Dorward L. Matlick, and Robert B. Reger, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs Below, Appellees.

Jerald E. Jones, Esq., West & Jones, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Barbour County Bank, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

H. Gerard Kelley, Esq., Philippi, West Virginia, Attorney for Jeanne Poling, Executrix, Third-Party Defendant Below, Appellee.


MAYNARD, Justice:

The appellants, William F. Poling and Candace L. Jacques, filed a declaratory judgment action in the Circuit Court of Barbour County, West Virginia, requesting that the court declare them to be the owners in fee simple of bank stock issued by Belington Bank, Inc.1 and left to them by their grandfather in his will. The appellants' father, Herman Poling, Jr., following the death...

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