Bryant v. Pierce
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. Wyman, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment refusing to admit to probate a paper writing dated March 24, 1893, purporting to be the last will and testament of George H. Pierce,, deceased. It appears from the record: That the deceased was born in Massachusetts, June 17, 1829. That he was a machinist by trade. That he married and moved to Boston.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. Wyman, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment refusing to admit to probate a paper writing dated March 24, 1893, purporting to be the last will and testament of George H. Pierce,, deceased. It appears from the record: That the deceased was born in Massachusetts, June 17, 1829. That he was a machinist by trade. That he married and moved to Boston. That January 3, 1853, his first child, the contestant herein, was'born. That in the spring of 1858 the deceased came west, and settled at Warren, Illinois. That his…
1Opinion of the CourtOassoday, C. J.
A general outline of the facts in the case, and a considerable portion of the opinion of the trial court have been given. The testimony is voluminous. Several exceptions are taken to the admissions of testimony. Assuming that some of the exceptions are well taken, yet, as the verdict in such a case has substantially the same effect as a verdict on a feigned issue in chancery, it is manifest that such exceptions cannot work a reversal. In re Jackman's Will, 26 Wis. 104; Chafin Will Case, 32 Wis. 557, 569; Wright v. Jackson, 59 Wis. 584; Loughney v. Loughney, 87 Wis. 101. This is the…
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