Will of Slinger
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sauk County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: August 23,188C, Michael Slinger died at Merrimack, Sauk county, Wis., leaving a paper writing, purporting to be his last will and testament, of which the following is a copy: “ In the name of God, amen.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sauk County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: August 23,188C, Michael Slinger died at Merrimack, Sauk county, Wis., leaving a paper writing, purporting to be his last will and testament, of which the following is a copy: “ In the name of God, amen. I, Michael Slinger, of the town of Merrimack, in the county of Sauk and state of Wisconsin, of the age of seventy years, and being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say: First. I give and…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 27, 1888:
Cassoday, J.
The correctness of the first and second findings of the jury as to the formal execution of the will has 'not been challenged.
1. -The first question that confronts us is as to the jurisdiction of the court. The jurisdiction of a county court extends to the probate of wills of all persons dying testate “ who were at the time of their decease inhabitants of or residents in the same county.” Sec. 2443, R. S. “ If a case be originally within the jurisdiction of the county courts of two or more counties, the court which first takes…
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