Schaefer v. Schaefer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• when the legal representative has failed or refused to act, a beneficiary may maintain an action to recover assets for the benefit of the estate
• ‘‘an heir may be per- mitted to maintain an action to recover assets for the benefit of the estate in her own name when the executor or legal representative has failed or refused to act’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gustafson v. Zumbrunnen
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-10-01· cited 49×
• First National Bank of Kenosha v. Schaefer
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1979-07-20· cited 17×
• McGehee v. Arvest Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2007-09-18· cited 12×
• Rearden v. Riggs National Bank of Washington
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-05-31· cited 10×
• Geremia v. Geremia
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2015-09-15
• Gustafson, Susan v. Zumbrunnen, Kathryn
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-10-01

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Trotter v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1897-04-16· cited 21×
• In Re Estate of Schaefer
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1976-05-14· cited 15×
• Glover v. Landes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1975-11-20· cited 4×