Mercantile Trust Company v. Sowell
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
WESTFIUES, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs Mercantile Trust Company, a corporation, as executor of the last will and testament of Harriet Elizabeth Russell, deceased, and as testamentary trustee under her will, and Senter M. Jones, Jr., as successor co-trustee of said will, filed this, ai declaratory judgment, action in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, seeking the construction of the will.
The principal question involved is whether by the terms of the will the testatrix made a disposition of her entire estate or whether she died intestate in case certain beneficiaries under a trust…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lipic v. WheelerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
- Mercantile-Commerce Bank & Trust Co. v. BinowitzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1951
- Gehring v. HenrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
- Thompson v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- Ussher v. Mercantile Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1959
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Traders National Bank of Kansas City v. LevineMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- Goulding v. Bank of America, N.A.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2010
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