ESTATE OF CROOM v. BAILEY

No. 25100.

107 S.W.3d 457 (2003)

In the ESTATE OF Lofton B. CROOM, Deceased, Kathleen J. Croom, Respondent, v. Opal BAILEY, Joann C. King, John G. Croom, Mary Sue James, Calvary Baptist Church of Hayti, Mo., and First Baptist Church of Hayti, Mo., Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied May 21, 2003.

Application for Transfer Denied July 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Payne, J. Brian Baehr, Limbaugh, Russell, Payne & Howard, Cape Girardeau, for appellants.

James E. Reeves, Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, for respondent.


ROBERT S. BARNEY, Judge.

Lofton Croom died on April 13, 2001. On April 12, 2002, Carol Miller, the Public Administrator for Pemiscot County ("public administrator") filed with the Probate Division of the Circuit Court ("probate court") a copy of the purported Joint Last Will and Testament of Lofton Croom, along with copies of the purported First and Second Codicils and purported, original Third Codicil to the Will.1 Additionally, the public...

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