Estate of Detjen v. Friedmann

The controlling questions on this appeal are whether the claimants met the burden of proof to sustain their claim against the estate for reimbursement of their payments of medical, pharmaceutical, hospital, and other expenses on behalf of the deceased and whether the evidence supports the finding of a completed gift of the bank account by the decedent.

Edith Detjen lived with the claimant Ann Friedmann for some twenty-eight years prior to her death. Ann Friedmann and the decedent’s son Roy were married in 1931 but were divorced in Texas in 1933. She returned to Wauwatosa and commenced living…