Succession of Zacharie
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. In the matter of the succession of James 5. Zacharie. Opposition to number of manual items on a provisional accounting sustained, and opposition as to principal demand overruled, and opponents appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
James S. Zacharie died February 12, 1906, leaving an estate appraised at $44,657.13. The decedent left a last will and testament by which, after making certain special legacies, he bequeathed the residuum of his estate to his brother and sisters and his niece, Florence Ellis. Among the special legacies was one to his sisters, Emma and Florence, of a policy of life insurance for $5,000 and $5,000 in money.
This will was executed on March 13, 1903. It appears from the evidence that the policy was in favor of the two sisters, and was collected July 20, 1904, and placed to their credit in the…
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