In re Will of Hunt
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastings, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court affirming the order of the county court of Brown county, made without contest, admitting to prohate the will of Susan Hunt, deceased, dated February 27, 1900; the appeal, both to the circuit court and to this court, being taken by Anna Nadeau, not an heir at law of the decedent, but merely a legatee under an alleged prior will dated…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastings, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court affirming the order of the county court of Brown county, made without contest, admitting to prohate the will of Susan Hunt, deceased, dated February 27, 1900; the appeal, both to the circuit court and to this court, being taken by Anna Nadeau, not an heir at law of the decedent, but merely a legatee under an alleged prior will dated December 29, 1885. Such prior will was introduced in evidence with an offer of proof of the authenticity of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
1. The respondents object to the maintenance of this appeal, as they did to that in the circuit court, for the reason that appellant has not shown herself to be aggrieved by either the order or judgment appealed from, because she has shown no interest; apparently contending, first, that her interest as a legatee under a former will could only be established by the probate of that will in county court in the manner prescribed by sec. 3788, Stats. 1898; secondly, that, even if the authenticity and validity of the will might have been proved as a fact upon the trial in the .circuit court, no…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- McDonald v. McDonaldIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Renihan v. . DenninNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- In Re Proving the Will of ColemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Winters v. WintersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- McGowan v. Supreme Court of the Independent Order of ForestersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
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3Cited by29 opinions
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