Case Name: Will of Ehlke: Wolf and another, Appellants, vs. Ramlow, Respondent
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1945-10-16
Citations: 247 Wis. 534
Docket Number: 
Parties: Will of Ehlke: Wolf and another, Appellants, vs. Ramlow, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 534–536

Head Matter:
Will of Ehlke: Wolf and another, Appellants, vs. Ramlow, Respondent.
September 14
October 16, 1945.
Affeldt & Lichtsinn for Mildred Wolf and John M. Redford for Harold Wolf, attorneys, and Eldred Dede of counsel, all of Milwaukee, for the appellants.
Alfred Kay, attorney, and Ward Dunphy of counsel, both of Milwaukee, for the respondent.
A brief amicus curice was filed by Brooke Tibbs of Milwaukee, chairman of the War Legal Service Committee, Milwaukee Bar Association. '
For the original opinion and report of this case, see 246 Wis. 654.

Opinion:
Faiechild, J.
(on rehearing). Under order of the court on June 15, 1945, a rehearing was granted on the question of whether or not the trial court abused its discretion under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, 50 USCA, sec. 521, in refusing to grant a stay of proceedings because of the absence of Mildred and Llarold Wolf in the armed forces of the United States.
While the court-does not find reversible error in the record, it is considered that in the interests of justice, the objector to the1 probate of the will should be given an opportunity to have the issue of undue influence considered in connection with such testimony as Mildred Wolf and Harold Wolf may present and which has not already been submitted. There have been two trials of this matter and for that reason a new trial will not be granted.
By the Court. — The former mandate is vacated and the judgment reversed. The clerk is directed to remit the record for the sole purpose of enabling the trial court to hear the testimony of the objector, Mildred Wolf and of Harold Wolf, persons in the armed services at the time of trial, and to reconsider the whole case in the light of such testimony and enter judgment accordingly. The court may receive evidence in rebuttal of any new matter presented by the testimony of the persons mentioned.
Costs to abide the event. Clerk's fees in this court to be paid by respondent.