Estate of Hanreddy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the county court of Milwaukee county: M. S. Sheridan, Judge. One Joseph Hanreddy, a resident citizen of Chicago, Illinois, died there testate April 8, 1918. On June 25, 1918, his widow, Margaret Hanreddy, was duly appointed, qualified, and ever since has acted and is still acting as executrix of his estate in the probate court of Cook county, Illinois.
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Appeals from a judgment of the county court of Milwaukee county: M. S. Sheridan, Judge. One Joseph Hanreddy, a resident citizen of Chicago, Illinois, died there testate April 8, 1918. On June 25, 1918, his widow, Margaret Hanreddy, was duly appointed, qualified, and ever since has acted and is still acting as executrix of his estate in the probate court of Cook county, Illinois. Claims were therein filed aggregating more than $50,000. The available assets subject to that jurisdiction do not exceed $4,000. In August, 1918, in the county court of Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, the will of said…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 7, 1922:
Eschweiler, J.
The questions presented on the appeals here are substantially these:
Administration of the estate of a deceased person being instituted in the state wherein was his domicile at the time of his death, and ancillary administration being had in a sister state where assets exist and creditors reside, and the combined assets in the two jurisdictions being insufficient to pay the total of the just claims allowed in the two jurisdictions, shall the assets in the respective jurisdictions be considered as one fund to be distributed pro rata…
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