Estate of Braasch

No previous decision of this court has dealt with the effect of a testamentary designation of an attorney for the executor, except for the special situation presented in Estate of Ogg, 262 Wis. 181, 54 N. W. (2d) 175. There the will named no executor although a bank was named as trustee of a trust created by the will. The will declared “my express desire” that the executor and trustee employ a certain lawyer, explaining that the lawyer had an intimate knowledge of testator’s affairs and wishes. The bank was appointed administrator with the will annexed. Testator’s next of kin asserted her…