Legal Opinion

Will of Mathews

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 5, 1929PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.

After Mrs. Mathews, the deceased, made her will in September, 1912, there being no issue of her marriage with Wilson W. Mathews, appellant here, she and her husband on September 7, 1920, together petitioned the county court of Dunn county, where they then resided, for leave to adopt as their child one May Flick, born in lawful wedlock in Washburn county, said state, May 4, 1914, and that her name be changed to Marcia Wilson Mathews. An order in conformity with such prayer was made on that date, and from then on such child was recognized as and treated by both the deceased and Wilson W.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Lacher v. VenusWisconsin Supreme Court · 1922
  2. People Ex Rel. Riesner v. New York Nursery & Child's HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  3. Bradley v. TweedyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Frame v. PlumbWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Hayden v. NuzumWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Adoption of MorrisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1951
  2. State Department of Public Welfare v. TschudyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Cosby v. Marshall & Ilsley BankWisconsin Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Estate of HertzfeldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Adoption of MorrisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1951

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