Mercantile Trust Co., N.A. v. Mercantile Trust Co., N.A.

FLOYD McBRIDE, Special Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from a judgment construing the will of Alvin L. Saeks. Appellants contend the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County erred in determining a trust provided for under the will should be funded for the benefit of respondents. Respondents cross-appeal the portion of the court’s decision allocating taxes as to the trust. We affirm.

Testator died April 5, 1980 in St. Louis County. His will was admitted to probate May 6, 1980. Mercantile Trust Company and Norman E. Wilson, executors of the estate, petitioned the court to…