A future estate, on the death of any person without heirs, how defeated.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.520
in effect442.520. A future estate, on the death of any person without heirs, how defeated. — A future estate, depending on the contingency of the death of any person without heirs or issue, or children, shall be defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person, capable of taking by descent.
(RSMo 1939 § 3503) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3113; 1919 § 2272; 1909 § 2877
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