Estate of Poe v. Poe

This cause originated in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis. Appellant, the widow of John D. Poe, deceased, filed exceptions to the amended final settlement of the estate of John D. Poe, deceased, as filed by the respondents-executors. The exceptions being overruled, an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis where the exceptions were again overruled and a like judgment entered. The cause was then appealed to this court.

John D. Poe died on February 26, 1943, leaving a will dated January 4, 1938, by which he made provision for his wife, Mary, and set up a trust…