St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Kelley

The appellant St. Louis Union Trust Company, testamentary trustee of the residuary trust estate created by the will of Julia Ann Adele Sarpy Morrison, deceased, brought this suit in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis: to construe her will, particularly with reference to whether a trust created by Section Six thereof in favor of her lineal descendants is void, because violative of the rule against perpetuities; to require the defendants to answer setting up their respective claims under the trust; for directions; and for general relief. The chancellor decreed the aforesaid trust…