Otjen v. Frohbach
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaReen D. Tarrant, Circuit Judge. Two appeals were taken in this action, one hy the plaintiffs and the other by the defendant Hugo 0. Frohbach individually and as general guardian of the defendants Harold 0. Frohbach and Mabel Tenie Frohbach from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county construing the will of Laura A. Frohbach, deceased.
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Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaReen D. Tarrant, Circuit Judge. Two appeals were taken in this action, one hy the plaintiffs and the other by the defendant Hugo 0. Frohbach individually and as general guardian of the defendants Harold 0. Frohbach and Mabel Tenie Frohbach from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county construing the will of Laura A. Frohbach, deceased. The testatrix, Laura A. Frohbach, was married to the defendant Hugo 0. Frohbach in June,, 1895. Two children, Harold 0. Frohbach ¡cadi Mabel Frohbach, were born to them, who1 at…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
The appeals in this action present two main questions for determination: (1) The character of the estate devised and bequeathed to the children by paragraph II of the will; and (2) "What effect shall be given to paragraph Y of the will, which undertakes to appoint a general guardian of the person and estate of the.children of the testatrix during their minority.
The court below, upon the facts which are undisputed, concluded that it was the intention of the testatrix as disclosed by her will to create a life estate in her children with remainder over to their issue, if any; and in the event of…
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- In re Donges's EstateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
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- Leggett v. . FirthNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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