Estate of Wells
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, 'Circuit Judge. There are in this case five separate appeals from a judgment of the circuit court allowing the final account of the executors of the will of Daniel Wells, Jr., and assigning the estate to said executors in their capacity as trustees under the will. The judgment modified in certain respects the judgment of the county court and affirmed it' as so modified.
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Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, 'Circuit Judge. There are in this case five separate appeals from a judgment of the circuit court allowing the final account of the executors of the will of Daniel Wells, Jr., and assigning the estate to said executors in their capacity as trustees under the will. The judgment modified in certain respects the judgment of the county court and affirmed it' as so modified. The executors appeal from certain provisions of the judgment, and certain of the beneficiaries appeal from other provisions thereof. The will in…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 9, 1914:
WiNSLOW, C. J.
When this will was before us for construction upon the former appeal (Stephenson v. Norris, 128 Wis. 242, 107 N. W. 343), the following language was used *301in tbe opinion with respect to tbe general scheme and purpose of tbe testator:
“There can be little or no doubt as to tbe general character of that' scheme. Tbe testator was a man of great wealth. He evidently viewed his estate as a great business enterprise, an entity which he desired should be kept substantially intact for many years after his death. He therefore placed it' in…
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- Richardson v. TysonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
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