Legal Opinion

Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Walsh

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 13, 1894PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County.. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

"WiNSLOw, J.

This is an action in equity to enforce an alleged trust in favor of the plaintiff in certain lands in Jefferson county in this state. The original complaint in the action has been before this court upon demurrer, and will be found reported in 87 Wis. 67. An adequate statement of that complaint will be there found, and it need not be repeated here. It was there held that the alleged trust had never taken effect in this state, because the will by which the trust was created had never been probated in any of the courts of this state, nor had the will, with its certificate of probate…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hawley v. TeschWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Lamberton v. PerelesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Wells, Fargo & Co. v. WalshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tillson v. HollowayNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Burden v. BlakeyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  3. McIntosh v. Marathon Land Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Niles v. RogovskyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924

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