Estate of Ferdinand

Ferdinand’s will, repeating its language in the 1926 judgment, does not empower the widow to dispose of the estate by will. The language clearly expresses contrary intent and her power of disposition is limited to its exercise while she lives and is unmarried. Will of Zweifel (1927), 194 Wis. 428, 216 N. W. 840. Rights of claimants now cannot be derived from the provisions of the widow’s will.

The appellant submits that the intent of the testator as expressed in his will was to give to his widow an estate in fee subject to a contingent estate in the brothers and sisters surviving the widow. We…