Felz v. Estate of Felz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Jackson county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. . Action to recover the value of services rendered by plaintiff to George Felz, Sr., deceased, and to his widow, Anna Felz, deceased. ■ Claim was filed in' the county court of Jackson county against the estate of Anna Felz, who died in March, 1916, and it was therein sought to recover for services rendered her husband, George Felz, Sr., who died in November, 1896, on the'theory that…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Jackson county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. . Action to recover the value of services rendered by plaintiff to George Felz, Sr., deceased, and to his widow, Anna Felz, deceased. ■ Claim was filed in' the county court of Jackson county against the estate of Anna Felz, who died in March, 1916, and it was therein sought to recover for services rendered her husband, George Felz, Sr., who died in November, 1896, on the'theory that Anna Felz had received a deed of her husband’s lands with the oral understanding that she was to give them to’…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 2, 1919:
Vinje, J.
The court properly refused to submit to the jury any claim founded upon services rendered to George *553Felz, Sr., because his estate was fully administered upon shortly after his death in 1896 and any valid claim against his estate could not be enforced against the estate of his widow dying years afterward. If the claim is sought to be sustained on the ground that Anna Felz received a deed of her husband’s lands upon an oral condition that she should convey the same to plaintiff, such condition was void under sec. 2302, Stats. 1917,…
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