ADAMS v. CONGDON


259 Wis. 278 (1951)

ADAMS, Executor, Appellant, v. CONGDON, Respondent. WILL OF MILLER: CONGDON and another, Respondents, vs. ESTATE OF MILLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 15, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Morrissy, Morrissy & Zastrow of Elkhorn, attorneys, and Cavanagh, Mittelstaed, Sheldon & Heide of Kenosha of counsel, and oral argument by William A. Sheldon.

For the respondents there was a brief by Thorson, Seymour & Lehman of Elkhorn, and oral argument by A. T. Thorson.


BROWN, J.

The evidence establishes that in 1941 Miller and his wife came as guests to the religious camp owned and operated by Congdon. In 1948 Congdon incorporated the business and the terms Congdon, the camp, the park, and the association are used interchangeably. Mr. and Mrs. Miller liked the place and took employment there. They were then in their sixties. In the summer of 1942 Mr. Miller became seriously ill and it developed that he had a cancer. Thereafter he...

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