Breckheimer v. Kraft

Clara Johnson died on April 11, 1965, leaving a will drawn nine days earlier. Her will bequeathed her residuary estate in equal shares to “my beloved nephew Raymond Schneikert and Mabel Schneikert his wife, of Plymouth, Wisconsin.”

At the time the will was executed, Raymond Schneikerts wife was not named Mabel. A former wife bore that name but she had remarried and resided with her husband, Albert Reihs, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Schneikert also had remarried; his wife’s name was Evelyn and lived in Plymouth.

This litigation arose as a result of a petition, filed by relatives, contesting the…