In re the Estate of Pierce
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Booh County. Prosper A. Pierce died testate March 18,1875. His will was duly proved, and the appellant, Stephen 0. Pieree, qualified as sole executor.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Booh County. Prosper A. Pierce died testate March 18,1875. His will was duly proved, and the appellant, Stephen 0. Pieree, qualified as sole executor. On an accounting in the county court in August, 1880, there was found in the hands of the executor belonging to said estate (the debts against the estate all having been paid) the sum of $715.34, of which $331.34 was personal estate, and the remaining $384 was rent from the farm mentioned in the will of the deceased. The county court made an order distributing the $331.34 among the legatees entitled thereto…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The determination of this appeal turns upon the construction of the following clauses in the will of the testator, Prosper A. Pierce :
“ First. After the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses, I give, devise, and bequeath to my wife, Amanda Pierce, the sole use and control of my stone dwelling-house, and one acre of ground on which the same is situated, being on my farm in the town of Janesville, in said .county of Rock, and two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per year during her natural life, the payment of said annuity to be made to her, first, six months after my decease, $125,…
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