Tyler v. Stitt
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaebeN D. TaeeaNt, Circuit Judge. This is an action to establish a trust respecting tbe estate of Olive Blake Stitt.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaebeN D. TaeeaNt, Circuit Judge. This is an action to establish a trust respecting tbe estate of Olive Blake Stitt. Tbe complaint alleges that Olive Blake Stitt died intestate April 1, 1900, leaving ber husband as her sole heir at law; that she had no children.; that plaintiffs mother, though not related to the deceased, was brought up as a member of her family, and that the plaintiff was likewise a member of her family from infancy until he became of age; that on September 2, 1892, Olive Blake Stitt made her last will, by which…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckee, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover from defendant a one-half interest in the real estate of which Olive Blake Stitt died seised and which defendant now claims as her sole heir. It is averred by defendant that the facts alleged do not constitute a ground for the equitable relief demanded. As appears from the foregoing statement, the complaint contains allegations to the effect that Olive Blake Stitt, deceased, desired to dispose of her property to plaintiff and defendant in equal shares; that to accomplish this end she proposed to make a transfer to plaintiff of a one-half interest in the real…
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