Hanley v. Kraftczyk
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. Tbis is an appeal from tbe judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county reversing a judgment of tbe county court refusing to admit tbe will of James Hanley to probate, and remitting tbe cause to tbe county court with directions to admit the will to probate.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. Tbis is an appeal from tbe judgment of tbe superior court of Milwaukee county reversing a judgment of tbe county court refusing to admit tbe will of James Hanley to probate, and remitting tbe cause to tbe county court with directions to admit the will to probate. It appears from the record and is undisputed, or found by tbe court, in effect, that tbe testator executed bis last will and testament September 12, 1812, wherein and whereby be bequeathed to bis son $100 and to bis daughter $50, and devised…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. J.
Numerous technical objections are raised to the proceedings. The testator died September 13, 1872,, leaving a will in which he devised his homestead to his widow, Johanna. On the same day Johanna filed the will in the county court Two and a half months afterwards she petitioned the county court to have the will proved and admitted to probate. At the time the testator died he and his wife,, Johanna, were living upon the premises so devised; and she continued to live thereon, for a time as a widow, and subsequently with her second husband, until October 31, 1882, when she joined…
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