Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.490 : OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY — Titles and Conveyance of Real Estate —GENERALLY — Remainder limited to heirs of a person having a life estate - how disposed of

Where a remainder shall be limited to the heirs, or heirs of the body, of a person to whom a life estate in the same premises shall be given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, shall be the heir or heirs of the body of such tenant for life shall be entitled to take as purchasers in fee simple, by virtue of the remainder so limited in them.