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IN MATTER OF ESTATE OF LECIC

No. 80-1489.

101 Wis.2d 713 (1981)

305 N.W.2d 194

IN the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF George LECIC, Deceased: Dobrila LECIC, personal representative of the Estate of George Lecic, Deceased, Appellant, v. The LANE COMPANY and Schweiger Industries, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of William T. Schmid and Jerome E. Randall of Wauwatosa.

For the respondent The Lane Company the cause was submitted on the brief of Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., and Robert L. Mann, of counsel, for Milwaukee.

For the respondent Schweiger Industries the cause was submitted on the brief of Howard, Peterman & Eisenberg, S.C., and Kevin D. Mathews, of counsel, of Milwaukee.

Before Decker, C.J., Moser, P.J., and Cannon, J.

MOSER, P.J.

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly extended the time for filing claims against an estate in a probate proceeding on the ground that the personal representative of the estate, and the attorney for the estate, committed passive fraud on certain creditors. We agree with the trial court's determination on this issue and affirm, although we modify the claim amount in one of the orders.

George Lecic (George), owner and operator...

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