Legal Opinion
Coats v. Whitlow
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 2, 1979No. KCD 29533PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.
The plaintiff Mildred DeArman Coats, life beneficiary under a testamentary trust *393settled by her husband, George Dewey Coats, seeks a declaration to direct the trustee, W. C. Whitlow, to encroach upon the corpus of the trust estate to adequately provide her with a living according to the terms of the trust. The trustee asserted, and the trial court adjudged, that the trustee had discretion under the trust terms to refuse to invade the corpus while the beneficiary wife held other assets, liquid and readily available, to satisfy her living needs.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Sumpter v. JE Sieben Construction CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- Winkel v. StreicherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Hoops v. StephanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- Lyter v. VestalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
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3Cited by7 opinions
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