Cowie v. Strohmeyer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Maetiit L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. In January, 1905, and at the time of his death in 1906, John A. Rice possessed a fortune around $175,000 in value, lie had a daughter, May R. Gowie, and three grandchildren by her, — May R. Gowie, referred to in the will as Pussie Cowie, Lloyd R. Gowie, sometimes referred to as Beebe Gowie, and Gordon Gowie; also a son and three grandchildren by him, — Lulu G. Rice, Rhea…
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Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Maetiit L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. In January, 1905, and at the time of his death in 1906, John A. Rice possessed a fortune around $175,000 in value, lie had a daughter, May R. Gowie, and three grandchildren by her, — May R. Gowie, referred to in the will as Pussie Cowie, Lloyd R. Gowie, sometimes referred to as Beebe Gowie, and Gordon Gowie; also a son and three grandchildren by him, — Lulu G. Rice, Rhea Frances Rice, and Magdalena Grace Rice. At the time of the proceedings hereafter mentioned the son had deceased leaving a…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 19, 1912:
Makshall, J.
For the foregoing picture, we venture to say, there is no precedent in the history of judicial distributions of the estates of deceased persons. There was a will,— a model for brevity, conciseness, and clearness, considering the magnitude of the estate and number of persons to be remembered efficiently. It is not claimed, and could not well be, that there was any ambiguity in the instrument from the opening lines to the closing of the fourth codicil. Scrupulous care was exercised to avoid uncertainties and guard against danger of…
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- Nunnemacher v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
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