Lichter v. Thiers
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from orders of the circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. The complaint was to this effect: June 26, 1885, John Lamb and Anna, his wife, conveyed to William Stanbridge a life estate in certain real estate, specified, of which said John Lamb was owner in fee.
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Appeal from orders of the circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. The complaint was to this effect: June 26, 1885, John Lamb and Anna, his wife, conveyed to William Stanbridge a life estate in certain real estate, specified, of which said John Lamb was owner in fee. Subsequently both grantors died, said John Lamb leaving a will, executed July 20, 1885, with a codicil subsequently executed, which were duly proved and probated in the county court of Kenosha county, Wisconsin, in which county the land in question was located and the testator lived at…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
It is plain that under the will of July 20, 1885, subject to some possible burdens which are immaterial to this case, John Lamb devised to his granddaughter, defendant Elizabeth 8. Thiers, spoken of in such will as Mary Elizabeth Stanbridge, a life estate in the realty in question, after the termination of a preceding life estate conveyed to her father, William Stanbridge, — which is also immaterial to this case, the same having terminated by his death, — remain*485der over to her children and descendants of such, in case of there being any such children or descendants at the time of her death,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Humphries v. DavisIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Warren v. PrescottSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1892
- In re Moran's WillWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- Parsons v. ParsonsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In Re Trust Under Will of HoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- Mooney v. TollesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Bradley v. TweedyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
- Upham v. PlankintonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- Middletown Trust Co. v. GaffeySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
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