Estate of Hatzl
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*67Beilfuss, J.
Two issues are presented on this appeal:
1. Does the county court, in a probate proceeding, lack jurisdiction to assign a portion of the estate to a deceased person ?
2. Does the county court have power to amend its final judgment to correct a mistake?
1. Jurisdiction to assign to a deceased person. Respondent argues that the existence of an heir is a jurisdictional fact without which a probate court cannot render a final judgment assigning a share in an estate to such heir, on the authority of Guardianship of Reeve (1922), 176 Wis. 579, 186 N. W. 736. That case held that the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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