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ESTATE OF HORKAN

273 Wis. 442 (1956)

ESTATE OF HORKAN: HORKAN (George A.), Appellant, vs. HORKAN (Glen) and another, Coexecutors, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by George T. Doherty of La Crosse.

For the respondents there was a brief by Langer & Cross of Baraboo, and oral argument by Clyde C. Cross.

CURRIE, J.

Appellant George A. Horkan advances the following contentions on this appeal:

(1) The final decree entered in his father's estate assigned the sum of $6,500 outright to him, and the language of the proviso immediately following such outright assignment is meaningless and void;

(2) The trial court had no jurisdiction to rewrite a portion of the final decree so as now to find the creation of a trust...

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