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ESTATE OF SCHEFFLER

3 Wis.2d 421 (1958)

ESTATE OF SCHEFFLER: WITTE, Executor, and others, Appellants, vs. SCHUETTE and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Fischer & Smith, attorneys, and Patrick J. Harlow of counsel, all of Manitowoc, and oral argument by Mr. Austin F. Smith and Mr. Harlow.

For the respondents there was a brief by Cashman & Savage of Manitowoc, and oral argument by John R. Cashman.

BROADFOOT, J.

Ida Scheffler was one of eight children. Her only sister and three of her brothers predeceased her. Her husband was one of 11 children. The testatrix made special bequests to some of her own relatives and to some of her deceased husband's relatives.

At the hearing on the construction of the will the children of Edwin Schuette, six in number, contended that each was entitled to the sum of $1,000 under the provisions of paragraph Fifth. The executor...

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