St. Louis Union Trust Company v. Krueger

HYDE, Judge.

This action brought by the executors of the estate of Katherine Herkert, for declaratory judgment for the construction of her will, was heard in Division Two and an opinion adopted affirming the judgment of the trial court but the case was transferred to the Court en Banc. The determination sought was whether claims, family allowance, taxes including federal estate tax and other charges against testatrix’s estate must be deducted from the gross value of her estate before computing the amount of one-half of her estate to go under her will to the estate of her husband William F.…