Legal Opinion
Hessmer v. Edenborn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 2, 1940No. 35734PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ODOM, Justice.
William Edenborn resided in Louisiana from 1906 until the date of his death on May 14, 1926. He left an estate valued at more than $12,000,000. He had various business connections in St. Louis, Missouri, and on June 30, 1908, while in that city, he executed an instrument now sought to be probated as his last will.
The instrument was prepared for him by the attorney for the St. Louis Union Trust Company, and was left for safe-keeping with the trust company, which was named as one of the executors. The trust company issued to him its “safe-keeping receipt” No. 1095, which bore the…
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