BLUE VALLEY FED. S. & L. ASS'N v. BURRUS

No. WD31915.

617 S.W.2d 111 (1981)

BLUE VALLEY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Rufus BURRUS, as Executor of the Estate of Mona Beets Groves, a/k/a Mona Beets Miles, Defendant-Appellant, and Sherman Miles, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

May 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Raleigh Gough, Independence, for defendant-appellant.

Elisabeth R. Sauer, Campbell, Gilmore, Erickson, Cottingham, Morgan & Gibson, Kansas City, for Blue Valley.

Gene P. Graham, Graham & Clemmons, Independence, for defendant-respondent Miles.

Before TURNAGE, P. J., and MANFORD and KENNEDY, JJ.


TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.

Blue Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association filed an interpleader suit against Rufus Burrus, executor of the estate of Mona Beets Miles, and Sherman Miles for a determination of the ownership of a savings account. The court entered summary judgment in favor of Sherman Miles and Burrus has appealed.

On this appeal Burrus contends the savings account was not a valid trust, that Missouri has not adopted the "Totten trust" doctrine...

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