ESTATE OF WALLACE


270 Wis. 636 (1955)

ESTATE OF WALLACE: WALLACE, Administratrix, Appellant, vs. MANTHEI, Claimant, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Jansen & Wallace of Oshkosh, attorneys, and Kivett Kasdorf of Milwaukee of counsel, and oral argument by Austin W. Kivett.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Henry P. Hughes, attorney, and Don R. Herrling of counsel, both of Oshkosh.


MARTIN, J.

Claimant and the deceased purchased a home in 1923 and lived there with their mother until 1928 when the claimant married and voluntarily moved out of the premises. When Thomas Wallace married in 1934 he and his wife resided in the home together with the mother. In 1939 the mother died and Thomas and his wife continued to occupy the premises until he died in 1953. No rent was ever paid by Thomas Wallace to the claimant.

Recovery was limited to a...

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