Fields v. Estate of Mundy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. The last will and testament of Edwin Y. Mundy was duly admitted to probate in the county court of Douglas county, Wisconsin, June 23, 1891, and in the probate court of St. Louis county, Minnesota, October 22, 1891. Thomas A. E. Weadock, the executor named in the will, was confirmed as such and letters testamentary issued to him by each of said courts.
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Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. YiNje, Circuit Judge. The last will and testament of Edwin Y. Mundy was duly admitted to probate in the county court of Douglas county, Wisconsin, June 23, 1891, and in the probate court of St. Louis county, Minnesota, October 22, 1891. Thomas A. E. Weadock, the executor named in the will, was confirmed as such and letters testamentary issued to him by each of said courts. Such proceedings were duly had in the settlement of the estate in the Minnesota court that a claim was there duly allowed May 23, 1892, in favor of…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
The vital question on this appeal is not whether the allowance of the appellant’s claim in the Minnesota court was res actfudicata of its validity in the county court of Douglas county, under the full faith and credit clause of the federal constitution, as to the effect of the judicial proceedings of one state in the courts of another. Considerable learning on that subject is displayed in the brief of counsel for appellant, but we fail to see how it applies to this case. The sole question demanding consideration here is, Did the allowance of the claim in the Minnesota court give to it any…
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