Klinkerfuss v. Cronin
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.
In Bleak House, Charlee Dickens mocked the farcical case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a dispute over an inheritance that persisted so long that the costs of contention consumed the entire estate. Today, we confront the no less ludicrous litigation of Klinkerfuss v. Cronin, which has twice before darkened our dockets. The plaintiff beneficiary, Elaine Klinker-fuss, appeals a judgment, entered pursuant to our prior remand, for attorneys' fees against her share of a trust due to her vexatious litigation against the defendant trustee, William Cronin. Because we find no…
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