SCHMITT v. PIERCE

No. 50021.

379 S.W.2d 548 (1964)

Robbie SCHMITT, Mildred Lois Killion, and L. B. Buchanan, and George T. Killion, Administrator of the Estate of Lois Pierce, Deceased, Appellants, v. Robert O. PIERCE and Helen Hinchey, Administrator and Administractrix of the Estate of Otho Pierce, Deceased, and Robert O. Pierce and Laura Pierce, His Wife, and Helen Hinchey and Harold Lloyd Hinchey, Her Husband, Respondents, Shirley Ann Pierce, a Minor, and L. G. Pinkley, Guardian of the Property of Shirley Ann Pierce, a Minor, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied June 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberts & Roberts, Farmington, for appellants.

Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, McHaney, Billings & Welman, Kennett, for respondents.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied June 8, 1964.

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

On February 19, 1958, Otho Pierce and Lois Pierce, husband and wife, both died intestate as a result of an automobile accident. By Count I of their petition plaintiffs sought to prevent the administrators of the estate of Otho Pierce, deceased, from charging one-half of the Federal Estate Tax paid in total amount of $47,792.82, against the distributive share...

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