La Crosse Trust Co. v. Storandt

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the doctor’s heirs receive one half of the entire estate of his deceased widow, or whether they take one half of only those assets transferred from his estate conveyed to her following his death in 1945.

At the time of her death, Mrs. Philips possessed no assets independently acquired by way of other inheritance, gift or otherwise; her entire estate of over $451,000 was the result of the investment, sale, and reinvestment of assets received from her husband’s estate in 1946. This fact makes for an important distinction in the present situation from that…