Succession of Veal

BARHAM, Justice.

After a hearing on an opposition to the probate of the will of Mrs. Clarice Veal, wife of Robert A. Morgan, the district court ordered the will probated. The Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, reversed, holding the will invalid for lack of form. 230 So.2d 323. We granted certiorari to review that judgment.

The testatrix here executed what is commonly termed a statutory will, deriving its appellation from the common law and from its authorization by R.S. 9:2442. That statute reads in part: “In addition tó the methods provided in the Louisiana Civil Code, a • will'¿hall be válid if…