ESTATE OF DETJEN


34 Wis.2d 46 (1967)

ESTATE OF DETJEN: SORENSON, Executor, and another, Appellants, v. FRIEDMANN and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant residuary legatee there was a brief by Wiernick & Zurlo of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Dominick D. Zurlo.

For the respondents there was a brief by Meldman & Kahn, attorneys, and Edward H. Meldman and Clifford K. Meldman of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Edward H. Meldman.


HALLOWS, J.

The controlling questions on this appeal are whether the claimants met the burden of proof to sustain their claim against the estate for reimbursement of their payments of medical, pharmaceutical, hospital, and other expenses on behalf of the deceased and whether the evidence supports the finding of a completed gift of the bank account by the decedent.

Edith Detjen lived with the claimant Ann Friedmann for some twenty-eight years prior to her death...

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