Estate of Bernays v. Major

Appellants in their brief thus state the facts:

"This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis refusing to sustain the exceptions of the appellant executors to the report of the respondent inheritance tax appraiser. There is no dispute as to the facts.

"Eric Bernays died testate December 7, 1935, a resident of the City of St. Louis. By his will, after a nominal specific bequest, he left the residue to Luise C. Bernays and the St. Louis Union Trust Company, trustees, the income to be paid to Luise C. Bernays, widow, during her life, then to Katherine Bernays,…