Schindler v. Pepple

The individual plaintiffs and defendants in this case are the heirs of sisters Gertrude C. McCluskey and Margaret Mae McCluskey (collectively “the aunts”), who died intestate. The trustee defendants in this ease are the successor trustees of Gertrude C. McCluskey’s revocable trust dated March 4, 1986 and Margaret Mae McCluskey’s revocable trust dated March 4, 1986. The individual plaintiffs and defendants are also beneficiaries of these trusts.

A six-unit apartment complex in the City of St. Louis (the Property) had been conveyed to the aunts as tenants in common in 1974. The aunts executed…