KEITH ESTATE EX REL. BUCKLAND v. KEITH

No. 33131.

647 S.E.2d 731 (2007)

OPHA L. KEITH ESTATE, by Sharon BUCKLAND, Executrix, Plaintiff Below, v. David W. KEITH, Defendant Below.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided: April 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Aucremanne, Hinton, for the Plaintiff.

Barry L. Bruce, Thomas W. White, Anna B. Williams, Barry L. Bruce & Associates, L.C., Lewisburg, for the Defendant.


ALBRIGHT, Justice.

This case is before us on certified questions and presents the issue of whether, upon the destruction of the real property included in a life estate, a remainderman is entitled to the proceeds from a fire insurance policy that the life tenant applied for and purchased. Upon our careful consideration of this issue, we determine that under well-established principles of contract law a remainderman has no interest in or entitlement to the insurance...

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