ESTATE OF MAROTZ


263 Wis. 99 (1953)

ESTATE OF MAROTZ: RUNGE, Appellant, vs. SCHWANN, EXECUTOR, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was submitted for the appellant on the briefs of Eberlein & Eberlein of Shawano, and for the respondent on the brief of Fischer, Brunner & Strossenreuther of Shawano.


BROWN, J.

The question here concerns the obligation of the estate of a deceased person to pay reasonable attorney fees incurred not by the executor but by an heir in conserving the estate. During the lifetime of Bertha Marotz her daughter, Pauline, lived with her and when Mrs. Marotz became incapacitated through old age Pauline cared for her by agreement with the other Marotz children that she would be compensated. After...

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