In Re Estate of Stengel

KELLY, Judge.

In this appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis the question for decision is whether the term “personal effects,” as used in the context of the testatrix’s will, must be construed to include not only tangible personal property but also intangible personal property such as stocks, bonds and other items inventoried as assets of the Estate. The Circuit Court held they were not. We affirm.

Mildred Stengel, the testatrix, died on November 28, 1973, her last will and testament was filed in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis on November 29, 1973,…