Lehmann v. Janes

HENLEY, Judge.

This is a suit to construe the will of William S. Barnickel who died a resident of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 1923. By his will testator left the whole of his estate in trust. Assets of the estate distributed to his trustees consisted solely of ninety per cent of the stock of what is now William S. Barnickel & Company, a corporation, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the Barnickel Company. This stock then had an appraised value of approximately $1,000,000; at the time of trial its value far exceeded that sum; its net annual income distributed to the…