Fleischaker v. Fleischaker

Respondent, William Fleischaker, in case number 33788, filed a bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, in which he asked the court to construe the terms of the last will and testament of Isadore Fleischaker. The defendants in that suit were the five children, devisees, and only heirs of Isadore Fleischaker. William Fleischaker, the plaintiff, a brother of Isadore, was named in the will as trustee of the estate.

The trial court entered a decree construing the will, and one of the defendants, Albert Fleischaker, the oldest son, appealed from the judgment. The appeal was…