Lutheran Children's Friend Society v. Haugk

The appellants, Lutheran Children’s Friend Society and the Easter Seal Society of Milwaukee County, appeal from an order denying a petition for probate of the allegedly revoked will of Marie Haugk and further ordering the intestate administration of the decedent’s estate. The subject will was duly executed on January 6, 1965 naming the appellants, Lutheran Children’s Friend Society and Easter Seal Society of Milwaukee County, Inc., as residual beneficiaries. It is undisputed that the decedent’s husband, Horst Haugk, burned the will of 1965 on or about September 2, 1976.

The decedent…