Legal Opinion

Estate of Elsinger

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 1961PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBroadfoot, J.

The appellant challenges the jurisdiction of the county court acting as a probate court to grant the relief provided for in said orders. She relies mainly upon language in Will of Reinke, 259 Wis. 398, 48 N. W. (2d) 613. Our decision in that case was based on Estate of Kallenbach, 184 Wis. 171, 199 N. W. 152, and the opinion on rehearing in Estate of George, 225 Wis. 251, 258, 270 N. W. 538, 274 N. W. 294. Our decisions in those cases with reference to probate jurisdiction of county courts are still the law.

The county court of Dodge county, by legislative action, has been given some…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lore v. HabermeyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Estate of George v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Estate of NolsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Hermance v. WeisnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Rainer v. HolmesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1956

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Estate of MayerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Heyse v. HeyseWisconsin Supreme Court · 1970
  3. In Matter of Estate of CoreyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Johnson v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2016

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