Legal Opinion
Sternberg v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 18, 1946No. 29558. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
This ‘is an appeal by St Louis Union Trust Company from a decree of the circuit court of Fulton county. The facts alleged in the pleadings and established by the evidence are not in dispute. The case is here solely on a question of law.
On September 14, 1937, Herman J. Sternberg, who was then a resident of St. Louis County, Missouri, executed his last will and testament. At that time he was unmarried. By the will he provided first for the distribution of certain personal property. He then devised the remainder of his estate, both real and personal, in trust, to his brother Emil O. Sternberg…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- United States v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- De Vaughn v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Clarke v. ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Robertson v. PickrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Olmsted v. OlmstedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Robinson v. First State Bank of MonticelloIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- In Re Estate of JeziorskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- In Re Estate of AriolaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- In Re Estate of MacLeishAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- In Re Estate of MoerschelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
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