Shelby v. Shelby

This is a suit by three sisters and a brother against their sister-in-law to establish a trust in a five room residence at 5730 Pernod Avenue in St. Louis. The question upon this appeal by the sister-in-law, the court having decreed a trust, is whether the facts and circumstances relied upon compel, indubitably, an affirmance of the decree. St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Busch,346 Mo. 1237, 1244, 145 S.W.2d 426, 430; Suhre v. Busch,343 Mo. 679, 700-701, 123 S.W.2d 8, 19.

There is no dispute as to the sequence of events or, for that matter, as to the facts. The question arises upon the…