Will on Dardis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. The will of James M. Dardis, of Racine county, Wisconsin, was presented for probate by Jdhn T. Lee, the executor therein named, and notice duly given.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. The will of James M. Dardis, of Racine county, Wisconsin, was presented for probate by Jdhn T. Lee, the executor therein named, and notice duly given. The will was made in November, 1904; devised a house and lot to’ one daughter, and the rest of the property, real and personal, to seven named sons and daughters in equal shares, save that one of them was to have twice as much as each of the others. This bequest omitted three sons, and by another paragraph the testator expressly declared his will that…
1Opinion of the Court
*461Tlie following opinion was filed March 10, 1908:
Dodge, J.
The very earnest contention of appellants-that, when all parties to a litigation stipulate or consent to 'certain action by the court, such stipulation should be carried into effect is undoubtedly correct as a general proposition, though obviously with some limitations-. Eor example, a court could not be compelled to stultify itself by solemnly adjudging an absurdity or a falsehood because parties stipulated for such act. Independently, however, of whether a court must always solemnly adjudicate a fact agreed on by all parties in…
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- In re the Last Will of LangevinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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