ESTATE OF FORD


14 Wis.2d 324 (1961)

ESTATE OF FORD: LAUTERJUNG and another, Objectors, Appellants, v. FORD, Proponent, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Schloemer & Merriam, and oral argument by C. J. Schloemer and Leo F. Schlaefer, all of West Bend.

For the respondent there was a brief by Horwitz & Regner of Oshkosh, attorneys, and Immell, Herro, Buehner & DeWitt of Madison of counsel, and oral argument by Simon Horwitz.


BROWN, J.

Without any question James F. Ford's domicile was in Chicago as long as he lived in his sister's home. He was compelled to move out because of the sister's illness, but that remained his domicile until he established a different one.

"A domicile once established is not lost until a new one is acquired. Every one must at all times have a domicile somewhere. Where an actual domicile has once been established, two things are necessary to create a new...

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