ESTATE OF LINDSAY


260 Wis. 19 (1951)

ESTATE OF LINDSAY: LINDSAY, Appellant, vs. LINDSAY and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Whyte, Hirschboeck & Minahan, attorneys, and Victor M. Harding of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Harding.

For the respondent guardian ad litem there was a brief by Lines, Spooner & Quarles, and oral argument by Laurence E. Gooding, Jr., all of Milwaukee.


FRITZ, C. J.

By provisions in paragraph Five of his will, the testator, William D. Lindsay, established a $50,000 trust fund for the benefit of his son, Gordon Lindsay, and his two children, and in the event of their death then Gordon's wife. The provisions in paragraph Five read (so far as is here material):

"I give and bequeath to the Marine National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee, in trust, fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars in stocks and money . . . in trust...

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