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ESTATE OF ATKINSON

19 Wis.2d 272 (1963)

ESTATE OF ATKINSON: ATKINSON (Charles), Appellant, v. ATKINSON (Luanne) and others, by Guardian ad litem, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 5, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Geffs, Geffs, Block & Geffs of Janesville, and oral argument by Jacob Geffs.

For the respondents there was a brief by Kittelsen, Brand & Barry of Monroe, and oral argument by Rodney O. Kittelsen.

CURRIE, J.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the sale of land on land contract by a testator subsequent to the execution of his will, wherein he specifically devises such land, causes an ademption of such devise.

In Anglo-American law, ademption connotes the taking away of the subject matter of a specific legacy or devise by its destruction or disposition by testator in his lifetime. 3 American Law of Property, p. 604, sec. 14.13. Thus the specific...

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