Will of Meurer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Taylob in his opinion as originally prepared: “ This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Milwaukee county reversing the order of the county court of said county, admitting to probate the last will and testament of John Meurer, deceased.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Taylob in his opinion as originally prepared: “ This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Milwaukee county reversing the order of the county court of said county, admitting to probate the last will and testament of John Meurer, deceased. “ The record shows the following proceedings in the circuit court: “1. An order of said court dated May 17, 1877, directing certain issues in said action to be tried by a jury. “2. That a jury was impaneled to try such issues, and the same were tried;…
1Opinion of the CourtTatloe, J.
The only objections made by the contestant in *396this court against the validity of the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of John Meurer, were that the evidence does not show:
1. That -the deceased, at the time of signing the same, declared in the presence of the witnesses that the same was his will.
2. That it was attested and subscribed by two or more witnesses in the presence of the testator.
The first point was not strongly pressed upon the argument, and it is unnecessary to spend much time in its discussion. The evidence of the witness Boerenger, who drew the will, shows…
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- Coffin v. . CoffinNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Jauncey v. ThorneNew York Court of Chancery · 1846
- Will of JenkinsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Swett v. BoardmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1804
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