Estate of Cantonia v. Sindel

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Probate Division on a petition to discover assets. The probate court awarded proceeds from redeemed U.S. Savings Bonds, which had been registered in co-ownership form, to the surviving co-owners equal to their ownership in the bonds prior to redemption.

On appeal, Harry 0. Pirkey (Pirkey), administrator of Norine V. Cantonia’s (No-rme) estate, raises the following points: (1) the trial court improperly applied the doctrine of equitable conversion; and (2) the trial court erred in failing to…