In re Marchant's Estate
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Michael Kikwabt, Circuit Judge. Respondent, Anthoivy Marchant, was bom in 1851. His family name was Lantz. When four years old, Thomas Marchant and his wife attempted to adopt him under an arrangement with the board of supervisors of Eond du Lac county. He lived with them under this arrangement until his eighteenth year.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Michael Kikwabt, Circuit Judge. Respondent, Anthoivy Marchant, was bom in 1851. His family name was Lantz. When four years old, Thomas Marchant and his wife attempted to adopt him under an arrangement with the board of supervisors of Eond du Lac county. He lived with them under this arrangement until his eighteenth year. The adoption proceedings were apparently irregular, and Anthony went to live with his mother, his father having meanwhile died. Two years later, when Thomas Marchant learned that Anthony planned to go West,…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecKER, J.
The respondent, Anthony Marchant, claims to be the legal heir of Thomas Marchant, by virtue of a proceeding under ch. 49, R. S. 1858, prescribing the procedure for establishing heirships. This statute provided that the heirship of any person might be established by an order of the circuit court of the county wherein the person resided, upon petition setting forth the reasons for the application. It also provided that, before, such an order be made, the written consent of the person, the heirship to whose property was to be established, as well as the petition, should be filed in the office of…
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