Hovely v. Herrick
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Monroe county: Chestee A. Eowleb, Judge. Michael Weibel died August 8, 1877, a resident of the county of Gasconade, Missouri. Prior to taking up his residence in Missouri he had been a resident of Monroe county, Wisconsin. At the time he left Wisconsin and at the time of ■his death he was the owner of some 600 acres of land in Monroe county, Wisconsin.
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Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Monroe county: Chestee A. Eowleb, Judge. Michael Weibel died August 8, 1877, a resident of the county of Gasconade, Missouri. Prior to taking up his residence in Missouri he had been a resident of Monroe county, Wisconsin. At the time he left Wisconsin and at the time of ■his death he was the owner of some 600 acres of land in Monroe county, Wisconsin. His will disposing of bis property consisted of two parts, eacb part complete in form as a will. Tbe one part disposed of bis estate in Wisconsin and tbe other part disposed of bis estate in…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckeb, J.
Tbe trial court beld that under the two paragraphs of the will above quoted the testator’s widow took a life estate in the lands owned by Michael Weibel, deceased, and located in Monroe county, Wisconsin, and that his children, named in the will, took the fee thereto, subject to the life estate of their mother. It is claimed by the respondents that the trial court’s interpretation of the will to this effect was erroneous and that the testator intended and did grant to his widow a life estate in such lands, and that the provision to “use and dispose of same according to her best judgment”…
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