Succession of Drysdale
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thos. C. W. Ellis, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Julia Pike Drysdale. From an order allowing the probate of a will, the legal heirs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The alleged forgery of a will presented for probate gives rise to the questions before us for decision.
The decedent, whose purported will was offered for probate, departed this life at her residence in this city on the 19th day of August, 1905.
*892This extraordinary case, in. which the proponent asks for a judgment probating the alleged will, has beeh before us in different appeals within the last two years.
In one of the towns of Canada the will was found. It is written in due form and strictly in accordance with the laws of that Dominion. It is entirely different as to form from the law’s…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lynch v. BurrSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re the Estate of ZimmerliWashington Supreme Court · 1931
- Succession of DrysdaleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- J. C. Healy Co. v. BurglassLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
- Succession of HarteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Fellows v. FellowsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
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