Legal Opinion

Estate of Barnes v. Horan

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 28, 1961PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDieterich, J.

The testator, Wellington B. Barnes, died a resident of Adams county, October 11, 1959, at the age of eighty-seven.

The deceased lived on a farm in Adams county for many years with his sister, Mary Barnes. When she died in June, 1952, he succeeded as surviving joint tenant to real estate and securities in the amount of $160,000. In September, 1952, at the age of about eighty, he married for the first time. His wife died in 1956.

Barnes lived at the Oxford Rest Home for about five months from November 30, 1958, until sometime in April, 1959. From April 4, 1959, to October 11, 1959, he made his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Will of WalterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by9 opinions

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  5. Estate of O'LoughlinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971

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