terrorem clause in Missouri

2016Cf. Chaney v. Cooper, 954 S.W.2d 510, 519 (Mo.App.W.D.1997) (an objection to the probate of a will based on the controlling effect of a second person’s will was not expressly prohibited by an in terrorem clause’s language concerning a contest or attack against the first person’s will).

2014Id. at 518-19 .

2020Section 456.4-420.3 Requires an Appellant be Aggrieved by a Trial Court Order to have Standing to Appeal that Order “In general, our courts have held that an executor, administrator or trustee is not aggrieved by a decree or judgment determining his duty and the rights of the beneficiaries, or both, and so has no such interest as will support an appeal, inasmuch as he is protected by the decree.” Matter of Heisserer, 797 S.W.2d 864, 869 (Mo.App. 1990); see also Krause v. Tullo, 835 S.W.2d 488, 491 (Mo.App. 1992) (finding that a personal representative of a decedent’s estate had no standing to

2020Section 456.4-420.3 Requires an Appellant be Aggrieved by a Trial Court Order to have Standing to Appeal that Order “In general, our courts have held that an executor, administrator or trustee is not aggrieved by a decree or judgment determining his duty and the rights of the beneficiaries, or both, and so has no such interest as will support an appeal, inasmuch as he is protected by the decree.” Matter of Heisserer, 797 S.W.2d 864, 869 (Mo.App. 1990); see also Krause v. Tullo, 835 S.W.2d 488, 491 (Mo.App. 1992) (finding that a personal representative of a decedent’s estate had no standing to

2014This appeal follows. 3 Standard of Review In reviewing a court-tried case, we are governed by the principles established in Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. banc 1976).

2013Tobias v. Korman, 141 S.W.3d 468, 477 (Mo.App.

1997A no-contest or forfeiture provision is to be enforced where it is clear that the trustor (or testator) intended that the conduct in question should forfeit a beneficiary’s interest under the indenture (or will).” Cox v. Fisher, 322 S.W.2d 910, 915 (Mo.1959).