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ESTATE OF BEALE

15 Wis.2d 546 (1962)

ESTATE OF BEALE: RISSER, Guardian ad litem, Appellant, v. BEALE, Executrix, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 6, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Fred E. Risser, and oral argument by Fred E. Risser and Fred A. Risser, both of Madison.

For the respondent Georgia Robison Beale, executrix, there was a brief by Rieser, Stafford, Rosenbaum & Smith of Madison, attorneys, and Harry B. Rosenberg of Chicago, Illinois, of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. William Rosenbaum and Mr. Rosenberg.

For the respondents Henry Barton Robison Beale and Howard Kennedy Beale, Jr., there was a brief and oral argument by Laurence W. Hall of Madison, guardian ad litem.

BROWN, J.

Is This An Unnatural Will?

Appellant begins with the assertion that the 1959 will is an unnatural one in that it disinherited Beale's ten-year-old son. Then he states his proposition that "proponents of an unnatural will have burden to give a reasonable explanation for its unnatural provisions." The learned trial court filed a written decision which demonstrated the meticulous study which the court gave to the will itself and to the evidence...

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