ESTATE OF ATKINSON


261 Wis. 481 (1952)

ESTATE OF ATKINSON: ATKINSON, Executor, Appellant, vs. DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 6, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. D. Sutherland of Fond du Lac, for the appellant.

For the respondent there was a brief by the Attorney General and Harold H. Persons, assistant attorney general, and Neil Conway, inheritance tax counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Persons and Mr. Conway.


BROADFOOT, J.

The appellant contends that his testimony is competent and that it establishes the fact that there was no joint tenancy as to either the real estate or the government bonds. This testimony is immaterial and the county court was correct in giving it no consideration.*

It is difficult to see how he is aggrieved by the order determining that the property in the two names was held by the parties as joint tenants. This...

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