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IN MATTER OF ESTATE OF PUCHNER

No. 75-541.

78 Wis.2d 525 (1977)

254 N.W.2d 722

IN MATTER OF ESTATE OF PUCHNER, Deceased: STATE, Appellant, v. PUCHNER, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was argued by Allan P. Hubbard, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by William E. Shaw of Milwaukee.

CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.

The facts are not in dispute. During his lifetime, Irving A. Puchner (hereinafter decedent), a lawyer, was a director, officer and counsel for Charter Wire, Inc., and three of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. He occupied these positions for approximately 25 years and owned less than two percent of the stock in the parent corporation.

In June, 1966, each of the four corporations passed the following resolution:

"RESOLVED, that at...

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