Legal Opinion
Succession of Schmidt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 28, 1951No. 40009PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
Three collateral relatives of Mrs. Louise May Schmidt, widow of Walter H. Hoffman, instituted this suit seeking to have declared null and void the last will and testament, in olographic form, of Mrs. Hoffman on the ground that the testatrix was not of sound mind at the time the will was written. From a judgment dismissing their suit they have appealed to this court.
On August 23, 1936, the testatrix, a resident of the City of New Orleans, was admitted to Touro Infirmary suffering from pyelonephritis, an infection of the kidneys. She remained in Touro for treatment until…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kingsbury v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
- Succession of MithoffSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- Chandler v. BarrettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
- Aubert v. AubertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1851
- Artigue v. ArtigueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
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3Cited by38 opinions
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