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WILL OF MITCHELL

No. 45.

50 Wis.2d 499 (1971)

184 N.W.2d 853

WILL OF MITCHELL: YOUNG and another, Appellants, v. FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Churchill, Duback & Smith of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Paul H. Duback.

For the respondent Harriet Y. Pillsbury there was a brief by Brady, Tyrrell, Cotter & Cutler, attorneys, and Patrick W. Cotter, Samuel J. Recht, and Henry J. Loos of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Loos.

HEFFERNAN, J.

Only one question is presented on this appeal, and that is whether the testatrix intended the word, "issue," as used in her will to include children adopted after her death. The construction of words in a will is to be resolved by the meaning the testatrix gave them when she used them in her will. Will of Adler (1966), 30 Wis.2d 250, 140 N.W.2d 219; Estate of Breese (1959), 7 Wis.2d...

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