St. Louis Union Trust Company v. Greenough

COIL, Commissioner.

The successor trustee under the will of Adolphus Busch brought an action to construe the will so that the trustee may determine those entitled to the corpus of one of the testamentary trusts. Appellate jurisdiction is in this court because it affirmatively appears that the “amount in dispute” exclusive of costs exceeds $7,500. Mo.Const.1945, Art. V, § 3, V.A.M.S.

Adolphus Busch died in 1913 leaving a will executed in 1908 and three codicils executed in 1910, 1911, and 1912, respectively. Testator was survived by his widow and his seven children, two boys and five girls.…