Greiling v. Genz

In Will of Yates (1951), 259 Wis. 263, 48 N. W. (2d) 601, this court held that a construction of the will could not be had by the trustee after a final decree had been entered and the time for appeal from such decree had expired inasmuch as the final decree constituted a construction of the will. This left unanswered the question of how to proceed in resolving any controversy arising after the entry of a final decree in an estate as to carrying out the provisions and directions of the will where the final decree is ambiguous or merely assigns the property subject to the terms of the will.

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