WILL OF PETTEE


266 Wis. 347 (1954)

WILL OF PETTEE: PETTEE (Robert A.), Appellant, vs. PETTEE (Roger), and another, Trustees, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Wood, Warner, Tyrrell & Bruce, and oral argument by Jackson M. Bruce and William J. Mantyh, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there was a brief by Coe & Coe of Rice Lake, and oral argument by Laurence S. Coe.


BROWN, J.

We must affirm the order of the trial court denying Robert's demand that the trust be terminated. Paragraph Fourth of the will, supra, gives to the trustees discretion in paying to or withholding from Robert the corpus of the trust estate. The trustees testified that in their judgment Robert, as of the time of hearing, was still incapable of properly caring for the trust fund. Robert testified that he had had no experience in business management....

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