Rosnow v. Rosnow

The appellant submits that persons expressly disinherited are disqualified from receiving any part of the estate under any theory and, preferably, the entire residue should be assigned to the only surviving individual mentioned in the residuary clause; that is, Arthur. Or, less desirable but still acceptable, Meta’s share of the residue should be distributed among the next of kin who have not been disinherited by the will. He relies mainly on Will of Nielsen (1950), 256 Wis. 521, 41 N. W. (2d) 369, in which we gave great consideration to extrinsic facts and circumstances and reached a…