Legal Opinion

Nelson v. Mercantile Trust Company

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 11, 1960No. 47533PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

On July 11, 1924, L. C. Nelson executed a trust instrument by which he created a trust estate having assets of approximately $600,000. He made provision therein for himself, his son and his grandchildren, with ultimate remainders to be distributed to surviving descendants of his grandchildren. A large portion of the trust corpus has heretofore been distributed to beneficiaries, but three trusts (having an original value of $50,000 each) remain in the hands of the trustees. The three grandsons of L. C. Nelson are each entitled to receive the income from one of those…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Trautz v. LempSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
  2. In Re Estate of ReeveIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Trautz v. LempSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  4. Loud v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1923
  5. St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. KelleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1947

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. First National Bank of Kansas City v. HydeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  2. Feinberg v. Adolph K. Feinberg Hotel TrustMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. Columbia Union National Bank & Trust Co. v. BundschuMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Hannebaum v. Estate of ChrismanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Heald v. ErganianSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964

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