Lich v. Lich
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Eugene McQuillin, Judge. (1) Courts of equity will entertain a bill seeking tbe construction of doubtful provisions of a will, especially where tbe application is made by a trustee as an aid to tbe proper execution of bis trust. 1 Red-field on Wills, p. 492; Treadwell v. Cordis, 5 Gray 341; Bowers v. Smith, 10 Paige 193; Bredéll v. Collier, 40 Mo. 287; First Baptist Church v. Robberson, 71 Mo. 326; Drake v. Crane, 127 Mo. 85;…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Eugene McQuillin, Judge. (1) Courts of equity will entertain a bill seeking tbe construction of doubtful provisions of a will, especially where tbe application is made by a trustee as an aid to tbe proper execution of bis trust. 1 Red-field on Wills, p. 492; Treadwell v. Cordis, 5 Gray 341; Bowers v. Smith, 10 Paige 193; Bredéll v. Collier, 40 Mo. 287; First Baptist Church v. Robberson, 71 Mo. 326; Drake v. Crane, 127 Mo. 85; Mersman v. Mersman, 136 Mo. 244; Waters v. Hatch, 181 Mo. 262; Sevier v. Woodson, 205 Mo. 202; Graham v. Allison, 24 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
George Lich, Sr., died testate in St. Lonis, on the 2d of December, 1891, leaving surviving him four children, namely, Elizabeth, Charles, George, Jr., and Mary, the wife of one Eugene G. Weidner. His last will and testament, which was duly admitted to probate, after providing for the payment of his just debts and funeral expense's, is as follows:
“Second: I have four children, two sons and two daughters, namely, George Lich, Jr., Charles Lich, *408Elizabeth Lich and Mary Weidner, the wife of Engene G. Weidner; — My daughter, Mary Weidner, has received twenty-five hundred dollars of me, which is…
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