Thormann v. Frame
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF WAUKESHA STATE Oy WISCONSIN. Joseph Fabacher died. March 3, 1897, in the city of New Orleans, leaving a last will and testament dated October 29, 1.896, in which he described himself as of Waukesha, Wisconsin, where the will was- executed and where he had a residence and a considerable amount of personal property. His widow and ten of his'children were named as legatees and devisees; On March 27, 1897, A..J.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF WAUKESHA STATE Oy WISCONSIN. Joseph Fabacher died. March 3, 1897, in the city of New Orleans, leaving a last will and testament dated October 29, 1.896, in which he described himself as of Waukesha, Wisconsin, where the will was- executed and where he had a residence and a considerable amount of personal property. His widow and ten of his'children were named as legatees and devisees; On March 27, 1897, A..J. Frame, appointed executor, presented the will for probate in the county court of Waukesha County,Wisconsin, alleging that it had been, duly…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The contention is that the issuing of letters of administra-* tion to Mrs. Thormann by the civil district court of the parish of Orleans was an adjudication that Fabacher jvas domiciled in that parish at the time of. his death; that Mrs. Thormann was sole surviving heir; that he died intestate; that this adjudication was in all these respects conclusive against the world; and that the Wisconsin courts in admitting the will to probate did not give to the Louisiana proceedings that full faith and credit to which they were entitled under the Constitution and laws of the United States, and,…
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