Oakes v. Estate of Buckley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. The case is thus stated by JVXr. Justice TayloR: “ It appears from the record in this case that John Buckley, deceased, was in his lifetime the administrator of the estate of one Peter Allen, deceased; that a part of the estate of Peter Allen consisted of a parcel of real estate; that Peter Allen, at the time of his decease, left a widow and one child, a minor son; that John Buckley, supposing he had the right to sell the real…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. The case is thus stated by JVXr. Justice TayloR: “ It appears from the record in this case that John Buckley, deceased, was in his lifetime the administrator of the estate of one Peter Allen, deceased; that a part of the estate of Peter Allen consisted of a parcel of real estate; that Peter Allen, at the time of his decease, left a widow and one child, a minor son; that John Buckley, supposing he had the right to sell the real estate of Peter Allen, entered into a written contract with the plaintiff, bearing date January 26, 1867, by which…
1Opinion of the CourtTatloe, J.
The appellant alleges as error that the appointment of the administrator de bonis non was wholly void for want of jurisdiction in the county court to make the appointment, for the reasons that the record shows the estate of Buckley had been fully settled, the estate distributed, and the administratrix of the estate discharged of her trust, several years before the application for the appointment of the administrator de bonis non was made, and that no cause is shown for such appointment, admitting that the administration of the estate had not been fully closed. The first objection is *598not…
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