Hunkler v. Wilke

DOERNER, Commissioner.

The appeal in this partition suit comes to the writer by reassignment. The sole point presented is whether the allowances of fees made to the Special Commissioner and to plaintiffs’ counsel are excessive. We conclude that they are not, and affirm.

Henry M. Hunkier, a resident of St. Louis County, died intestate on May 20, *5081966, owning certain land situated therein. He was seized of the fee simple title to one tract referred to as Parcel No. 1, and owned an undivided one-third interest in three other tracts designated as Parcels Nos. 2, 3, and 4. The decedent was…