Wallace v. Corona

The appeal and the proceedings brought by Mary Lou Wallace are founded upon sec. 318.08 (1), Stats., which provides:

“Remedy of creditors of nonresident heirs and legatees; service of citation. (1) Whenever any legacy or distributive share of any estate belongs to any debtor who has absconded from or is a nonresident of this state, any of his creditors may petition to intervene in the probate proceedings to compel the application of said legacy or distributive share to the payment of his debt, and whenever it shall be necessary a citation to such debtor to appear at a time certain may be…