Succession of Lyons
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
452 So.2d 1161 (1984)
SUCCESSION OF Henry LYONS.
No. 83-C-2585.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 14, 1984.
Milton E. Brener, Garon, Brener & McNeely, New Orleans, for applicant.
James H. Minge, New Orleans, for respondent.
WATSON, Justice.
The issues are whether decedent Henry Lyons: (1) wrote an olographic will; and (2) had testamentary capacity.
The trial court annulled the will, concluding that it was written and signed by Henry Lyons but that Lyons lacked testamentary capacity on that day. The court of appeal reversed, holding that the opponents of the will failed to carry their burden of proving…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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