ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. 57702.

803 S.W.2d 619 (1990)

In the ESTATE OF Belmont JOHNSON, Deceased.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eckelkamp, Eckelkamp, Wood & Kuenzel, Steven P. Kuenzel, Washington, and Vincent & Meyer, Mark S. Vincent, Union, for appellant.

Politte & Thayer, Sidney A. Thayer, Jr., Washington, for respondent.


KAROHL, Judge.

This appeal involves apportionment of federal estate taxes owed by the estate of Belmont C. Johnson. Michael Brown, the initial personal representative of the estate and scrivener of the will, petitioned for construction of the Last Will and Testament of Johnson. The probate court entered judgment after finding a latent ambiguity in the will and determining the testator intended the estate taxes to be paid from the residue of the estate. Kenneth and...

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