Maxcy v. City of Oshkosh
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from an order and a judgment of tbe circuit court for Winnebago county: G-eo. W. BubNell, Circuit Judge. On December 31, 1907, Helen A. Beach, a resident of the city of Oshkosh, died leaving a will, which was thereafter duly admitted to probate.
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Appeals from an order and a judgment of tbe circuit court for Winnebago county: G-eo. W. BubNell, Circuit Judge. On December 31, 1907, Helen A. Beach, a resident of the city of Oshkosh, died leaving a will, which was thereafter duly admitted to probate. The twentieth paragraph of such will reads as follows: “It was the desire of my husband, Orville Beach, as expressed to me in the later years of his life, that after making provision for bis relatives and those having a claim upon his bounty the remainder of his property should be given to the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in trust, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaRNEs, J.
Tbe questions presented on tbis appeal are numerous and important and some of them are fraught with difficulties. Tbe briefs filed with us contain over 550 pages of printed matter. Two days were consumed on tbe argument, and on a reargument of tbe case which was ordered, and if tbe court is not sufficiently informed to reach a correct conclusion it is not the fault of tbe counsel in tbe case, who from their respective standpoints have displayed commendable diligence and learning in presenting to tbe court tbe facts and the *247law involved. The appellant contends that the judgment and order…
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