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ESTATE OF DAWLEY

259 Wis. 516 (1951)

ESTATE OF DAWLEY: DAWLEY (Richard), Appellant, vs. DAWLEY (Gene) and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 9, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Wegener and Maurice B. Pasch, both of Madison, for the appellant.

For the respondents there was a brief by Schubring, Ryan, Petersen & Sutherland, attorneys, and Arnold Petersen of counsel, all of Madison, for Gene Rast Dawley and others, and Spohn, Ross, Stevens & Lamb, attorneys, and Frank A. Ross of counsel, all of Madison, for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and oral argument by Mr. Frank A. Ross, Mr. Hugh A. Ross, and Mr. Petersen.

BROADFOOT, J.

The testator died suddenly at the age of fifty-two years from a coronary occlusion. He was graduated in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois and held a Master's degree in science at the University of Wisconsin. About the year 1925 Mr. Dawley began raising white rats for laboratory experimental purposes. The business was operated through a corporation, Sprague-Dawley, Inc., of which Mr. Dawley owned practically all of the stock. The business...

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