German Evangelical Bethel Church of Concordia v. Reith

— Action in the Circuit Court of Howard County, on change of venue, to establish a certain propounded instrument as the last will of Adelheid Eckhoff, deceased, the Probate Court of Lafayette County having refused to admit it to probate as such. From a verdict and judgment upholding the will the defendants have appealed.

The respondents are the beneficiaries named in the disputed will, and in a general way may be described as corporations, associations and members of boards of various organizations centering around the German Evangelical Bethel Church of Concordia, Missouri. The appellants are…