Schalla v. Roberts

We have reached the conclusion that the application for veteran’s benefits, Exhibit 73, should have been admitted in evidence, that it constituted a sufficient acknowledgment of paternity to meet the requirements of sec. 237.06, Stats., and' that therefore the court erred in determining that the appellant was not the heir of the decedent.

1. The- trial court found as a fact that decedent was mentally incompetent when Exhibit 73 was executed on July 5, 1920, and excluded the proffered exhibit on that ground, among others. The finding of incompetency was based wholly upon the commitment of the…