Shelp v. Mercantile Trust Co.

This case comes to the writer on reassignment.

Frank A. Ruf, a citizen and resident of the city of St. Louis, died testate, on the 28th day of May, 1922, seized and possessed of an estate, consisting of both real and personal property, of the approximate value of two and a half million dollars. He left surviving a widow, Alpha Ruf, but no child, unless plaintiff was a child by adoption. Under his will his wife was generously provided for and modest legacies were given to certain of his collateral kindred and to certain of his former employees; but the bulk of his estate was given and devised…