Crooks v. Holcomb

FENNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellants are the residuary legatees under the will of George E. Mapes. Respondents were joint owners of bank accounts, stocks and certificates of deposit with the decedent, George Mapes. The parties to this action have been involved in extensive *547litigation since the death of George E. Mapes. See, In Matter of Estate of Mapes, 681 S.W.2d 476 (Mo.App.1984), {Mapes I); In re Estate of Mapes, 738 S.W.2d 853 (Mo. banc 1987), {Mapes II); and In re Estate of Mapes, 789 S.W.2d 44 (Mo.App.1990), {Mapes III). Hopefully, the matter at hand, {Mapes IV) will, at long last,…