St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Van Raalte

This is an action by the plaintiff trust company as trustee under the will of Irwin Z. Smith, deceased, to recover from the defendant the sum of $4258.75, being the amount of certain taxes—general taxes for the years 1916 and 1917, and sprinkling taxes for the years 1912 to. 1917, inclusive—assessed against certain real property constituting a part of the estate in the hands of plaintiff as such trustee, which taxes, it is alleged, the defendant, by agreement with plaintiff, obligated himself to pay. The trial below, before the court without a jury, resulted in a judgment for plaintiff for…