Joyce v. Russell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Maetiu L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. Proceedings, commenced in county court, to have certain premises declared a homestead under the statute regarding descent of real property, were removed hy appeal from the final order denying the petition to the circuit court for Wau-kesha county, and were closed by judgment affirming such order.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Maetiu L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. Proceedings, commenced in county court, to have certain premises declared a homestead under the statute regarding descent of real property, were removed hy appeal from the final order denying the petition to the circuit court for Wau-kesha county, and were closed by judgment affirming such order. The determination was based on these conclusions of fact: Appellant, an adult, is the sole heir at law of Catherine Eerguson, deceased. She resided in Missouri when said Eer-guson died. Respondent is a…
1Opinion of the CourtMabshall, J.
The facts found .warrant the conclusion that the premises in question never became the homestead of Catherine Eerguson. The findings are sufficiently supported by competent evidence to preclude their being condemned, in any respect, as erroneous. Therefore, the judgment must be *585affirmed, unless the subject yet to be referred to is of controlling significance.
The point is made that the court erred in not deciding that the property was exempt from creditor claims against the estate of Catherine Eerguson, by reason of the same having been purchased with pension money which, under sec. 4747, R.…
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