IN RE ESTATE OF FECHTER

No. 76-268.

88 Wis.2d 199 (1979)

277 N.W.2d 143

IN RE ESTATE OF FECHTER, Deceased: Eileen RAHR and Pauline Marie Rahr, minor, by her Guardian ad Litem, Appellants, v. EAST WISCONSIN TRUSTEE COMPANY, Personal Representative of the Estate, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Muchin & Muchin, S.C., of Manitowoc.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Nash, Spindler, Dean & Grimstad of Manitowoc.


BEILFUSS, C. J.

The challenge to the order admitting the will and the codicils to probate is primarily upon the grounds (1) that the testatrix lacked sufficient mental capacity to make a will, and (2) that the will and the codicils were the product of undue influence.

The objectors to the will and codicils were Eileen Rahr, widow of decedent's nephew Paul, and Pauline Marie Rahr, grandniece of the testatrix and principal surviving beneficiary under an earlier...

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