The provisions and fuel (or so much thereof as may be necessary) which, at the death of any person, shall have been laid in for consumption in his family, shall remain for the use of such family, if the same be desired by any member of it, without account thereof being made. Any livestock necessary for the food of the family may be killed for that use before the sale or distribution of the estate.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 44. Administration of Estates and Trusts
Article 1. Personal Representatives
§44-1-1. Executor Has No Powers Before Qualifying
§44-1-2. Administration With Will Annexed
§44-1-3. Oath of Executor or Administrator With Will Annexed
§44-1-5. When Curator May Be Appointed; His Duties
§44-1-6. Bond and Oath; Termination of Grant in Certain Cases
§44-1-8. When Executor or Administrator Not to Give Bond; When Surety Not Required
§44-1-10. Marriage of Female Representative Does Not Extinguish Authority
§44-1-11. When Sheriff to Administer Estate
§44-1-12. Letters of Administration
§44-1-13. Affidavit Showing Heirs, Distributees, Devisees and Legatees of Decedent
§44-1-17. Food and Fuel for Family
§44-1-18. What Estate Not to Be Sold
§44-1-19. Sale of Goods Likely to Be Impaired in Value
§44-1-20. When to Sell Other Goods
§44-1-21. Estate for Life of Another Is Assets
§44-1-22. Suits by and Against
§44-1-23. Actions for Goods Carried Away, Waste or Damage to Estate of or by Decedent
§44-1-24. Action for Waste by Representative
§44-1-25. Administrator De Bonis Non May Have Scire Facias
§44-1-26. Action on Bond of Personal Representative
§44-1-27. Not Chargeable Beyond Assets; Pleas Allowed
§44-1-29. Authority of Personal Representative Concerning Conservation and Preservation Easements
§44-1-30. Death Certificate or Other Proof of Death and Residence May Be Required