Succession of Bendily

HERGET, Judge.

On March 5, 1959 Mrs. Inez C. Bendily, widow of Hatch J. Bendily, died in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, leaving no living ascendants or descendants. An olographic will, purportedly written, dated and signed by the testatrix was probated by the Trial Judge despite the opposition of several nieces and nephews of decedent as to the validity of the will, contending that the will bore no certain date; that if it be contended that the date was Dec. 5-58 then the will was not written on December 5, 1958.

The Trial Court concluded that the will was dated December 5, 1958 and dismissed…