Busch v. Dozier

HYDE, Judge.

Action for declaratory judgment to determine rights of the parties and instruct trustees. The principal issue is whether there was a valid exercise of powers of appointment given Elizabeth Overton Busch, now deceased, by Trust Indentures of Alice E. Busch, now deceased. The court found that Elizabeth did not validly exercise the powers and the trustees named in her will, John Overton Dozier and Daniel Bartlett, Sr., and her children by her first marriage. John Overton Dozier, Lewis David Dozier III and Marya O’Fallon Dozier, have appealed. We have jurisdiction because of the…