Legal Opinion
Estate of Hertzfeld
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1960PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, C. J.
Sec. 253.03, Stats., provides:
“(1) The jurisdiction of the county court shall extend to the probate of wills and granting letters testamentary and of administration on the estates of all persons deceased who were at the time of their decease inhabitants of or residents in the same county . .
In Estate of Morey (1956), 272 Wis. 79, 82, 74 N. W. (2d) 823, it was said:
“By the provisions of sec. 253.03 (1), Stats., the county courts are given exclusive jurisdiction to probate the wills of the residents of their respective counties.”
See also Will of Baldwin (1951), 260 Wis. 195, 50 N. W. (2d) 463,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Will of SlingerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Zrimsek v. American Automobile Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
- Estate of SipchenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1923
- Bentson Administrator v. BrownWisconsin Supreme Court · 1926
- Rosick v. MoreyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Schneider v. MisteleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
- Estate of RadocayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
- (1973), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1973