Legal Opinion
Succession of Boyd
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 20, 1975No. 55093PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
306 So.2d 687 (1975)
Succession of Dorothy BOYD.
No. 55093.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 20, 1975.
David A. Sheffield, Alexandria, for plaintiff-applicant.
F. Jean Pharis, Pharis & Pharis, Alexandria, for defendant-respondent.
DIXON, Justice.
Dorothy Boyd left a will dated "2-8-72," which was probated at the instance of Charles E. Kerlin, the legatee. Decedent's two children, Thomas C. Miller, Jr. and Alice Cleo Harwood Bradley, seek a declaration of invalidity of the will because of the date. Upon the authority of Succession of Beird, 145 La. 756, 82 So. 881 (1919), the district judge held…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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