ST. LOUIS UNION TRUST COMPANY v. GREENOUGH

No. 44713.

282 S.W.2d 474 (1955)

ST. LOUIS UNION TRUST COMPANY, as Successor Trustee under the Will of Adolphus Busch, Deceased, Respondent, v. Edmee Busch GREENOUGH et al., Respondents, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motions for Rehearing or to Transfer to Denied and Opinion Modified on Motion October 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Thomas S. McPheeters, Thomas S. McPheeters, Jr., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent St. Louis Union Trust Co.

Shepley, Kroeger, Fisse & Shepley, Frank H. Fisse, Ethan A. H. Shepley, St. Louis, for defendants-respondents Edmee Busch Greenough and Clara Busch Liengme.

Carter, Bull & Baer, Emmet T. Carter, John M. Hadley, St. Louis, for defendants-respondents Leicester Busch Faust and Audrey F. Wallace.

Mark D. Eagleton, Shepley, Kroeger, Fisse & Shepley, Frank H. Fisse, J. J. Thyson, Thomas F. Eagleton, Leland Jones, St. Louis, for defendants-respondents Alice E. Busch and others.

Lewis, Rice, Tucker, Allen & Chubb, R. Walston Chubb, Lyle M. Allen, Jr., Fred A. Gissler, St. Louis, for defendants-appellants William R. Arthwein and others.

William R. Orthwein, Alfred L. Grattendick, St. Louis, for defendants-appellants Lilly Magnus Blabon and others.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, George M. Bentley, New York City, Jones, Hocker, Gladney & Grand, George S. Roudebush, St. Louis, for defendant Aimee M. Flanigan.

Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Douglas, James M. Douglas, St. Louis, Robert H. Dunlap, Dunlap, Holmes, Ross & Woodson, Kenneth A. Millard, Pasadena, Cal., for respondent William H. Berg and others.

Fred A. Sheppard, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent Sam E. Woods.

Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., Wayne H. Bigler, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Dallas S. Townsend, Asst. Atty. Gen., James D. Hill, George B. Searls, Irwin A. Seibel, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States.


Motions for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied and Opinion Modified on Court's Own Motion October 10, 1955.

COIL, Commissioner.

The successor trustee under the will of Adolphus Busch brought an action to construe the will so that the trustee may determine those entitled to the corpus of one of the testamentary trusts. Appellate jurisdiction is in this court because it affirmatively appears that the "amount in dispute" exclusive of costs exceeds...

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