Legal Opinion

Fohr v. Fohr

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided May 1, 2007No. 2006AP1559Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOOVER, EJ.

¶ 1. David Fohr appeals a summary judgment granted to his siblings,. Gerald Fohr and Sally Kania, holding that David is not entitled to partition or a sheriffs sale of a parcel of land the trio jointly holds. The court concluded that ordering partition would be contrary to the terms of the will under which the three and their deceased sister, Sue Tesch, inherited the property. David asserts enforcing the will is impermis-sibly restrictive. We reject David's arguments and affirm.

Background

¶ 2. Lester Fohr executed his will on September 4, 1984. The will contained the following…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Green Spring Farms v. KerstenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Smith v. Dodgeville Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1997
  3. O'Connell v. O'ConnellCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2005
  4. Caflisch v. StaumCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2000
  5. La Crosse Trust Co. v. StorandtWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972

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