In re the Estate of Myers

RUDDY, Presiding Judge.

This proceeding originated in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis. Petitioner, Laclede Gas Company, a corporation, respondent herein, sought to avail itself of the provisions of § 473.357, RSMo 1959, 25 V.A.M.S. This section of the statutes authorizes the Probate Court to determine title to personal property on the verified petition of a person alleging that decedent was not and that petitioner is the owner of the personal property described therein in the possession of the executor or administrator of the estate.

The petitioner alleged that it was the owner of a…