Mercantile Bank of Lake of the Ozarks v. Jones

FENNER, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Russell A. Willis, III (Russell Willis), appeals the judgment of the trial court overruling his motion to intervene and his motion to amend judgment in an underlying declaratory judgment action between respondent, Mercantile Bank of Lake of the Ozarks (Mercantile Bank), and other respondents herein claiming an interest in the assets of Freda M. Shakely, deceased.

Edwin Shakely and Freda Shakely were husband and wife and they had no children. Edwin died intestate in January of 1993 and Freda died intestate a few weeks later. Freda’s intestate heirs were a nephew…