Estate of Marotz v. Schwahn

Pauline Orvis was married and resided in Chicago until 1939 when her husband died. She then returned to Shawano to the home of her mother and stepfather. She worked as a domestic and practical nurse until her stepfather died in 1941. Thereafter she worked in various factories in Shawano until 1946. After the death of Mr. Marotz in 1941, Mrs. Marotz asked a son-in-law, Ed. Schwahn, who lived in the city of Shawano, to look after her business affairs for her, and Mr. Schwahn continued to do this until the time of her death.

In the summer of 1946, Mrs. Marotz became ill. She was then eighty-six…