Mercantile Trust Co., NA v. Harper

GUNN, Judge.

Plaintiff Mercantile Trust Company, executor of the estate of Edmund L. Mandle, deceased, filed a petition to determine title to property in the probate court of St. Louis County; the probate court certified the matter to the circuit court. The petition named as defendants Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc. (Paine, Webber), Judith C. Henry, now Judith C. Harper (Judith), Robert H. Harper, Judith’s husband (Robert), and J & R Transport, Ltd. At issue were the proceeds (some $80,000) from the sale of stocks which Edmund Mandle had owned in his name until his stepdaughter, Judith,…