Buchweiser v. Estate of Laberer

695 S.W.2d 125 (1985)

Theresa BUCHWEISER, Appellant,

v.

ESTATE OF Edwin G. LABERER, Eileen C. Burgener, Administratrix, Respondent.

No. 66769.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

August 7, 1985.

Coggan R. Mills, Clayton, for appellant.

Alfred J. Rathert, Fenton, for respondent.

RENDLEN, Judge.

Theresa Buchweiser (hereinafter claimant) appeals from the denial of her four count claim against the estate of Edwin G. Laberer who died in January 1981, survived by four children. In February 1983, a handwritten instrument leaving the bulk of his estate to Theresa Buchweiser, his "long trusted friend," was…