Legal Opinion

Succession of Holbrook

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 28, 2014No. 2013-C-1181PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUIDRY, Justice.

| Nlie issue in this case is whether an incomplete date in an attestation clause invalidates a testament when the full date appears in the first paragraph of the testament and on every page of the testament, including the page of the attestation clause. The district court granted the testator’s daughter’s motion for summary judgment seeking to set aside the will as invalid because the attestation clause was not fully dated and, thus, failed to meet the requirements of La. Civ.Code art. 1577. The court of appeal affirmed that judgment. Because we conclude the attestation clause…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Schroeder v. Board of Sup'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
  2. Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  3. Ferry v. Holmes & Barnes, Ltd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
  4. Hines v. GarrettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  5. Duncan v. USAA Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2007

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3Cited by39 opinions

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