Legal Opinion
Cole v. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 9, 1963No. 49650PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOCKARD, Commissioner.
Plaintiffs have appealed from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis dismissing their petition to contest the validity of the will of Rose Ott. The will purports to devise to persons other than plaintiffs the title to real estate which in the absence of the will would descend to plaintiffs as heirs at law of the testator. For this reason title to real estate is involved. Board of Trustees of Methodist Church v. Welpton, Mo., 284 S.W.2d 580.
Two church organizations and nine individuals were named in the will as beneficiaries and all were made…
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Campbell v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Siegel v. StrotherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Blatt v. HaileSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Black v. the City National Bank and Trust CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- State Ex Rel. City of St. Louis v. PriestSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Eagleton v. HallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Danforth v. DanforthMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Kane v. Mercantile Trust Co. National AssociationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- Doran v. WurthSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Watson v. WatsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
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