ESTATE OF UIHLEIN


269 Wis. 170 (1955)

ESTATE OF UIHLEIN: KNOELLER, Guardian ad litem, Appellant, vs. UIHLEIN, Trustee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by Herman M. Knoeller of Milwaukee, guardian ad litem.

For the respondent there was a brief by Fairchild, Foley & Sammond, Vernon A. Swanson, and Earl F. Colborn, Jr., all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Swanson and Mr. Colborn.


GEHL, J.

Appellant contends that certain statutes are controlling and require that we hold that the two adopted children take under the terms of the will. The power of the legislature to confer upon an adopted child the right to inherit from its adoptive parent cannot be questioned. But in this case the children are not claiming as heirs of their adoptive mother or as her representatives under the inheritance laws. They are claiming as legatees under the will and...

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