DIETRICH v. DIETRICH

No. 34725.

498 S.W.2d 611 (1973)

Francis R. DIETRICH et al., Appellants, v. Donnell B. DIETRICH et al., Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied August 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman, Nixon, Smith, Howald, Weber & Bowles, Hillsboro, for appellants.

Dearing, Richeson, Roberts & Wegmann, Hillsboro, for respondents.


CLEMENS, Judge.

Suit by devisees to retrieve gifts previously made from testator's funds, allegedly without his authority.

Frank Dietrich, a 91-year-old retired lawyer and banker, liquidated his holdings for over $350,000 two years before he died in 1970. The impending impact of estate taxes was softened by three annual per capita gifts of $3,000 to each of Frank Dietrich's three children, six grandchildren and their spouses and his ten great-grandchildren...

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