Trieseler v. Ratican

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County in the matter of an allowance to respondent, William A. Ratican, for his services and expenses as the appraiser of the estate of Dr. Bert P. Beebe, deceased, in connection with the determination of the amount of the inheritance tax, if any, to which the estate might be subject.

The estate had been in process of administration in the Probate Court of St. Louis County following Dr. Beebe's death by suicide on April 22, 1938. On June 27, 1938, an inventory was filed showing the amount of the estate to be $7834.93. Of the…