Rose v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.

Plaintiff, Louise W. Rose, sued individually and as co-executor of the estate of her deceased husband, Clarence S. Rose, to set aside a trust created by decedent, and to order the St. Louis Union Trust Company to transfer to her assets of her husband’s estate in an amount necessary to satisfy plaintiff’s marital rights under her renunciation of decedent’s will.

The circuit court of St. Clair County, after a trial without a jury, entered a decree in plaintiff’s favor holding the inter vivos trust to be an invalid testamentary disposition and also a fraud on plaintiff’s marital rights.…