Schinz v. Scninz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: JoHN G-oodlaNd, Circuit Judge. Separate appeals were taken by Mcvria Soirniz and by John Zenhner, two of the legatees under the last will and testament of Fredolin Zentner, deceased, from the judgment of the circuit court affirming the judgment of the county court of Winnebago county in probate, construing said will and allowing and settling the final account of louis Schinz, executor, and mailing…
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Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: JoHN G-oodlaNd, Circuit Judge. Separate appeals were taken by Mcvria Soirniz and by John Zenhner, two of the legatees under the last will and testament of Fredolin Zentner, deceased, from the judgment of the circuit court affirming the judgment of the county court of Winnebago county in probate, construing said will and allowing and settling the final account of louis Schinz, executor, and mailing distribution of the estate of said deceased. The said will and codicil were admitted to probate October 30, 1883, and November 5,…
1Opinion of the CourtPinney, J.
1. The objections made by appellants in their brief against the construction placed upon the testator’s will by the county and circuit courts were not pressed in argument, but we have examined them, and arrive at the conclusion that they are not well taken. We do not think that it was intended to create any trust in the will in favor of -the testator’s daughter Barbara for the sum of $1,800, or for one sixth of the residue of the estate, but that, upon a fair construction, the word “ to ” is to be supplied after the word “ and,” in the third and fourth paragraphs of the will, so that she took…
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