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ESTATE OF ROONEY

19 Wis.2d 89 (1963)

ESTATE OF ROONEY: ROONEY, Appellant, v. POWELL, Executor, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 5, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Rodney J. Edwards of Superior.

For the respondents there was a brief by Johnson, Fritschler, Barstow & Witkin of Superior, for Lyman T. Powell, Jr., Executor, and Bonita V. Rooney; James C. McKay of: Superior, guardian ad litem, for Robert E. Rooney, Jr., and Darling Rooney; and Maynard Berglund of Superior, guardian ad litem, for Patricia Lou Rooney, and oral argument by Barney B. Barstow.

BROWN, C. J.

The issue presented upon appeal is whether the judgment and stipulation provide for alimony payments to appellant after the death of her former husband in view of the language of the judgment and stipulation and the circumstances surrounding the divorce.

The general principle is well established that alimony payments to the divorced wife cease upon the death of the divorced husband. Estate of Traver...

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