Will of Gale v. Freeman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Trem-pealeau county: James O’Neill, Judge. The testator, Wm. M. Young, made three wills in his lifetime. The first was a holographic will dated January 8, 190'3. On January 26, 1906, he executed another will drawn by George Gale. Some time after January 8, 1903, he executed another will which was drawn by one Arnold. This will is lost and its date is uncertain.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Trem-pealeau county: James O’Neill, Judge. The testator, Wm. M. Young, made three wills in his lifetime. The first was a holographic will dated January 8, 190'3. On January 26, 1906, he executed another will drawn by George Gale. Some time after January 8, 1903, he executed another will which was drawn by one Arnold. This will is lost and its date is uncertain. The will of January 26, 1906, was refused probate, because made when the testator was of unsound mind. The will of January 8, 1903, was then offered and admitted to probate, and it is…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
Por convenience the will drawn by Mr. Arnold for the testator will be referred to as the Arnold will. The appellants insist that the finding that this will was executed after June' 25, 1903, is against the clear preponderance of the evidence and should be set aside; that the same is true in reference to the finding that such will did not contain a revocation clause; that the will of January 8, 1903, was canceled, and that it is so indefinite that the testator’s intent cannot be ascertained from it.
If the finding that the Arnold will was executed after June 25, 1903, has sufficient support in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re the Probate of the Will of WoodNew York Surrogate's Court · 1889
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