Legal Opinion

Will of Kendrick

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 10, 1933PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.

The county judge took the view that the will disclosed a lack of affection on the part of the "wife for her husband; that at the time of the making of the will her estate consisted of $23,000, the bulk of which was personal property, and that she gave him only one-fourth of the estate; that the testatrix gave no thought to the question of her real estate being charged with the payment of the legacy, and that, therefore, she could have had no intent to charge the real estate with its payment. It is true, as the county court held, that the intention of the testatrix must control, and that in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. First Wisconsin Trust Co. v. HamburgerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Ohse v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Egan v. SellsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1930

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Forster v. Estate of KambaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Tufto v. KoebelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Schwantes v. Electrical Workers' Benefit Asso.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1945

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