Estate of Hemphill
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Payette county: GeoRge Clemeetsow, Circuit Judge. John Hemphill died testate June 17, 1903. He named in his will, which was admitted to probate, one Samuel I. Stein, of La Payette county, Wisconsin, executor. Stein resigned the trust, and Grant Hemphill, son of John Hemphill, deceased, was appointed and qualified as administrator with the will annexed.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Payette county: GeoRge Clemeetsow, Circuit Judge. John Hemphill died testate June 17, 1903. He named in his will, which was admitted to probate, one Samuel I. Stein, of La Payette county, Wisconsin, executor. Stein resigned the trust, and Grant Hemphill, son of John Hemphill, deceased, was appointed and qualified as administrator with the will annexed. The will of John Hemphill, deceased, bequeathed to his wife, Katharine Hemphill, during her life the rent from his farm m the town of Belmont, La Payette county, Wisconsin, charged with the…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewht, J.
Counsel for appellant raises a preliminary question to the effect that the petition herein should have been dismissed, and further, on the merits, claims that the accounting'of the court below is erroneous in several particulars which will be briefly considered.
1. On the point that the petition of the administrator of Katharine Hemphill, deceased, should have been dismissed, counsel for appellant cites sees. 2089 and 4253, Stats., and, as we understand the argument, it is insisted that the claim for an accounting did not survive. We think the contention of counsel under this head cannot be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Martin v. MorrisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Tarbox v. FisherSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1863
- Wilcox v. MattesonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Lynch v. RyanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- O'Herrin v. Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
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- Estate of Wiener v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1964