BASLER, ESTATE OF v. Delassus

690 S.W.2d 791 (1985)

In re the ESTATE OF Mary M. BASLER, Deceased, Louis Naeger, Ad Litem, Respondent,

v.

Margaret DELASSUS and Gertrude M. Valle, Heirs, Appellants,

Earl Basler, Respondent-Appellant.

No. 66344.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 29, 1985.

Herbert A. Kasten, Jr., Ste. Genevieve, for appellants.

Albert C. Lowes, W. Eric Cunningham, Cape Girardeau, for respondent-appellant.

Ray Dickhaner, Hillsboro, Frank Elpers, Ste. Genevieve, for respondent.

BLACKMAR, Judge.

This case involves important questions of the power of personal representatives and of the authority of the probate…