WILL OF RIEMER


2 Wis.2d 16 (1957)

WILL OF RIEMER: GERBER, Appellant, vs. RIEMER and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Harvey R. Habeck of Milwaukee.

For the respondent B. Burdette Burling, administrator, there was a brief and oral argument by Carl H. Juergens of Milwaukee.

For the respondent Irene Potthast there was a brief by Kaumheimer, Alt & Likert, and oral argument by Roger L. Boerner, all of Milwaukee.


CURRIE, J.

The appellant proponent urges on this appeal that the evidence does not sustain the trial court's finding that the purported will and codicil were executed as a result of insane delusions on the part of Mrs. Riemer toward her husband.

The delusions, which had existed for at least five years prior to the making of the will, were that Mr. Riemer was intent upon doing away with her by poisoning her food, or attacking her when she was asleep with a...

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