Succession of Vance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier; John Thomas Watkins, Judge. In the matter of the succession of J. P. Vance. Application to probate last will and testament. S. F. Vance and others, opponents. From the judgment striking a certain bequest from the will as illegal, Eliza James, legatee, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBlanchard, J.
J. P. Vance died in May 1902 and in September following Dr. Thos. J. Vance presented for probate the last will and testament of the deceased, olographic in form, the body of which is as follows:—
“I do hereby make this my last will. I give to Dr. Tom Vance my Plain Daling property. I want Eliza James to have the remainder of my real estate and to hold absolutely. I appoint Dr. Tom Vance my sole executor of my will.”
The petition for probate represented that the deceased died without forced heirs and that the petitioner and others mentioned are his brothers and sisters and nephew.
The prayer was…
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