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WILL OF FROST

3 Wis.2d 603 (1958)

WILL OF FROST: DAHNERT, Appellant, vs. FROST, Executrix, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 8, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Vaudreuil & Vaudreuil of Kenosha, and oral argument by Leo E. Vaudreuil.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by David L. Phillips, attorney, and Charles J. Richards of counsel, both of Kenosha.

MARTIN, C. J.

We agree with the lower court that there is a latent ambiguity in article Second of the will. At the time decedent purchased the parcel in 1937 the entire lot was "commonly known as 1904 Sixty-Second street." However, decedent's treatment of the property between that time and February 23, 1954, when he made his will, gives rise to a latent ambiguity in article Second. Shortly after he purchased it he moved the old house to the rear, installed its own...

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