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ESTATE OF PHILIPS

No. 27.

54 Wis.2d 296 (1972)

195 N.W.2d 485

ESTATE OF PHILIPS: LA CROSSE TRUST COMPANY, Executor, Appellant, v. STORANDT and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Schnurrer & Skemp of La Crosse, and oral argument by Robert C. Skemp.

For the respondents Ruth Storandt and Ruth Ann Weis there was a brief by Steele, Smyth, Klos & Flynn and Jerome J. Klos, all of La Crosse, and oral argument by Jerome J. Klos.

For the respondent Netta A. Philips there was a brief and oral argument by William J. Sauer of La Crosse.

WILKIE, J.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the doctor's heirs receive one half of the entire estate of his deceased widow, or whether they take one half of only those assets transferred from his estate conveyed to her following his death in 1945.

At the time of her death, Mrs. Philips possessed no assets independently acquired by way of other inheritance, gift or otherwise; her entire estate of over $451,000 was the result of the investment, sale...

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