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WILL OF WALKER

258 Wis. 65 (1950)

WILL OF WALKER: HARRIS and another, Appellants, vs. BURGER and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 5, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Affeldt & Lichtsinn and Morris Stern, attorneys, and Eldred Dede of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. George A. Affeldt and Mr. Dede.

For the respondents there was a brief by Walter A. John and George J. Mangan of Milwaukee, for Minnie A. Burger, administratrix de bonis non, and Marshall & Ilsley Bank, as trustee; James T. Guy of Milwaukee, guardian ad litem for Josephine Harris and Louise Harris, Minors; and Urban R. Wittig of Milwaukee, guardian ad litem for the unborn grandnephews and grandnieces of Isabel R. Walker, deceased, and oral argument by Mr. John and Mr. Mangan.

BROWN, J.

The direction to divide the interest from the trust estate among the great nephews and great nieces annually shows the testatrix's intent that the estate should be kept productive of income. This necessarily requires investment of cash assets and management of all investments. Over so long a trust period as that specified by the testatrix she must have anticipated that changes affecting the productivity of original investments would occur. Without some expression...

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