BAKER v. MARTIN

No. 14108.

709 S.W.2d 533 (1986)

Vera BAKER, Jimmy Brown, Verla Mae Westmoreland and Thomas J. Holland, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert Scott MARTIN, Robert E. Martin, Robert Scott Martin, Jr., Shannon Earl Martin, Dale Earl Martin, Kimberly Martin, and Berkley Martin, William C. Morgan, the unknown heirs, etc., Defendants-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

May 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Michener, Kathi L. Chestnut, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William C. Morgan, Waynesville, Darrell Deputy, Jr., Lebanon, for defendants-respondents.


MAUS, Judge.

The testatrix devised the residue of her estate equally to those of three named persons who survived her by 30 days. One of those three named persons was convicted of the capital murder of the testatrix. The trial court declared the residue passed to the other two of the three named persons. The heirs at law of the testatrix appeal.

This action of the appellant heirs at law was submitted to the trial court upon a stipulation of facts. The critical...

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