Kingston v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.

Appellants, plaintiffs nisi, filed this suit seeking the construction and interpretation of the last will and testament of Eliza McMillan, who died in the year 1915. The trial court, after a hearing, dismissed plaintiffs' petition, whereupon an appeal was taken.

Eliza McMillan executed the will in question on May 15, 1914, less than a year before she died. The will covers twenty pages of the abstract of the record. The clauses involved in this suit will be hereinafter set forth. Many of the provisions of the will are not in controversy, but it will be necessary to give a synopsis thereof,…