Ford v. Ford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bane County. Erancis E. Eord, a citizen and resident of this state, died testate January 26, .1886, leaving real estate in several states, and personal property. His will was duly probated in the county court of Dane county, May 11,18*86. An action to obtain a construction of the will was brought by the executor, Joseph C. Ford, in the circuit court of Dane county, and came to this court by appeal.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bane County. Erancis E. Eord, a citizen and resident of this state, died testate January 26, .1886, leaving real estate in several states, and personal property. His will was duly probated in the county court of Dane county, May 11,18*86. An action to obtain a construction of the will was brought by the executor, Joseph C. Ford, in the circuit court of Dane county, and came to this court by appeal. The provisions of the will, and the construction thereof, appear in the report of ■the case in 10 Wis. 19. Mrs. Ford duly renounced the pro.vision made for her in…
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, .J.
The order of the county court of February 5, 1890, cut off all allowances to the family of the testator after July 18, 1889. The judgment and order of the circuit court, from which this appeal was taken, reverses such order, and continues the allowance given by the order of June 1, 1886, until August 10,1889, that being the time the third petition to vacate the last-mentioned order was presented to the county court. The effect of this is to entitle Mrs. Ford to receive from the estate $500, being the instalment due August 1, 1889, under the order of June 1, 1886, to which she would…
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