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ESTATE OF BANTA

273 Wis. 328 (1956)

ESTATE OF BANTA: BANTA and another, Appellants, vs. RILEY, Public Administrator, and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 22, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Bouck, Hilton, Dempsey & Magnusen of Oshkosh, and oral argument by John E. Dempsey and Ray C. Dempsey.

For the respondents there were briefs by the Attorney General and Harold H. Persons and E. Weston Wood, assistant attorneys general, and oral argument by Mr. Persons and Mr. Wood and by Mr. Richard E. Williams, inheritance tax counsel.

BROWN, J.

On July 9, 1928, Ellen Lee Banta, wife of George Banta, Sr., owned 3,101 shares of the capital stock of the George Banta Publishing Company. Her husband owned other shares and her son, George, Jr., owned still others. They were all residents of Wisconsin. On that date Mrs. Banta and her son entered into a contract whose material provisions are:

"The first party, on behalf of herself, her executors, administrators, and assigns, hereby covenants and...

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