Silver v. Estate of Silk

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

The issue here is the appealability of a probate court order granting an allegedly inadequate allowance for a co-executor’s services.

The action began in the probate court of the County of St. Louis on the petition of Max Sigoloff for a $25,000 co-executor’s fee for services to the estate of Sam Silk, deceased. The probate court allowed only $3,000. Max Sigoloff died, and his executrix, Eleanor Sigoloff Silver, appealed to the circuit court which dismissed the appeal as premature.

The proceedings below occurred in the following sequence: On December 9, 1974 the court…