Mamoulian v. St. Louis University

STEPHAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order of the trial court dismissing a will contest action and approving a settlement thereof pursuant to § 473.085, RSMo 1986. The trial court found that awarding movants $30,000 of the $600,000 settlement was fair, just and reasonable under the facts of this case. Movants appeal; we affirm.

We will sustain the judgment of the trial court unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, it is against the weight of the evidence or it erroneously declares or applies the law. Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. banc 1976). This standard…