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IN MATTER OF ESTATE OF STEFFES

No. 77-171.

95 Wis.2d 490 (1980)

290 N.W.2d 697

IN the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Virgil A. STEFFES, Deceased: Mary Lou BROOKS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Terry V. STEFFES, personal representative, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by F. J. Antoine and Peterson, Antoine & Peterson of Prairie du Chien, and oral argument by F. J. Antoine.

For the respondent there was a brief by McIntyre, Kinney, Urban & Schrader of Lancaster, and oral argument by Thomas T. Schrader.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

The question on appeal is whether the plaintiff, who engaged in an adulterous relationship with the deceased, may recover from the estate for unpaid salary, wages or other compensation for personal services rendered to the deceased within the two-year period preceding his death.1

Virgil Steffes died without a will on July 17, 1976. His gross estate was valued at $733,644.65. Steffes was survived by a son...

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