Legal Opinion

Succession of Robertson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 15, 1897No. 12,322PublishedCited by 38 opinions

APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment of the District Court in which it is decreed that the will of R. L. Robertson, Jr., probated on the 6th day of August, 1895, is a nullity.

The following is a copy of the olographic will annulled:

“ New Orleans, December 12, 1892.
“ I, Richard Lamb Robertson, being of sound mind and body, and in full possession of all my faculties, do make this my will and testament:
“To my dearly beloved wife, Cora Celeste Davidson, I owe all my present prosperity, and I give to her all my personal property, and leave to…

2Cited by38 opinions

  1. Succession of BeirdSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  2. Noyes v. GerardMontana Supreme Court · 1909
  3. In Re Estate of VanceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Jones v. KyleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  5. Succession of BoydSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975

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