877.14 Rebuttal of inventory.
(1) In any action or proceeding against a personal representative, the inventory of the decedent's property filed by the personal representative shall be prima facie evidence of the property that has come to the personal representative's possession or knowledge and of the value of the property.
(2) In an action or proceeding against a personal representative, the defendant shall not be charged with choses in action specified in the defendant's inventory unless it appears that the choses in action have been collected or might have been collected with due diligence.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55; Stats. 1979 s. 777.14; 2001 a. 102 s. 106; Stats. 2001 s. 877.14.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 877 - Actions by and against personal representatives, heirs, and legatees.
877.01 - Tort actions on surviving causes.
877.03 - Multiple personal representatives to be considered one.
877.05 - Judgment not to bind realty.
877.07 - Authority of deceased personal representative's personal representative.
877.08 - Liability as executor of his or her own wrong.
877.14 - Rebuttal of inventory.
877.16 - Foreign personal representatives empowered to act.
877.17 - Actions against personal representatives; when allowed; when not.
877.18 - Action to recover from heirs, legatees; parties defendant.
877.19 - Action against heirs and legatees; what may be recovered; costs.
877.20 - Contribution among heirs.
877.21 - Recovery against legatee; contribution.
877.26 - Accounts as evidence.
877.29 - Debts charged upon realty not affected.
877.32 - Judgment, how collected.
877.36 - Debts, order of payment.
877.40 - Preferred debts deducted.
877.41 - Rights and liabilities of posthumous child and witness to will.