MARVIN F. HALL TRUST v. HALL

No. 17211.

810 S.W.2d 710 (1991)

MARVIN F. HALL TRUST, First National Mercantile Bank and Trust Company, Joplin, Mo., Janice A. Hall, and Grace E. Hall, as Trustees under Intervivos Trust Agreement executed by Marvin F. Hall, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Janice A. HALL, June Hall, Jean Hall, James Hall, and Grace E. Hall, as Guardian of the Person of Joyce Hall, Defendants-Respondents, and Paul Francois Disdier, James Fullerton Disdier, and the Unborn Heirs of Janice A. Hall, of June Hall, of Jean Hall, of James Hall, and of Joyce Hall, Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

June 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Bradley, Blanchard, Van Fleet, Martin, Robertson and Dermott, Joplin, for defendants-appellants Disdier.

John J. Podleski, Crandall & Dally, Carthage, for defendant-appellant unborn heirs.

Robert W. Richart, Joplin, for defendants-respondents Halls.

Daniel E. Scott, Timothy R. Whelan, Copeland, Scott & Whelan, Joplin, for plaintiffs-repondents trustees.


SHRUM, Judge.

This lawsuit was brought by the trustees of the Marvin F. Hall intervivos trust after a member of one class of beneficiaries, the children, requested a discretionary distribution of trust income after she had reached the age of 35 years.

In Count I of their two-count petition, the trustees sought construction of the trust instrument claiming an inconsistency between paragraphs 2(a)(1) and 13 created an ambiguity concerning the trustees' authority...

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