Hall v. Hall
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: R. G. SiebeoKee, Circuit Judge. In 1896 the plaintiff presented to the county court a petition, setting up in effect the following facts: One George Hall died in Dane county, January 13, 1883, testate.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: R. G. SiebeoKee, Circuit Judge. In 1896 the plaintiff presented to the county court a petition, setting up in effect the following facts: One George Hall died in Dane county, January 13, 1883, testate. Such proceedings were had that March 16, 1883, the will of the deceased was duly approved and admitted to probate in and by the county court, and Samuel Hall and Henry Marsden, of Albion, were duly appointed executors thereof. By the will he gave, devised, and bequeathed to his wife, Sarah Hall, all his personal property for life, with…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, 0. J".
For tbe purposes of this appeal we shall assume that the will of George Hall, deceased, only gave to his widow, Sarah, a life estate in his property, whether real or personal, and that, subject to such life estate and a bequest mentioned, he thereby gave the remainder of his estate, both real and personal, to his nephew, the petitioner and plaintiff herein. That will was admitted to probate March 6, 1883. Such probate of the will was “ conclusive as to its due execution.” E. S. sec. 2291. The statute provides that after the payment of the debts, funeral charges, and all…
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