Legal Opinion

Succession of McCay

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 4, 1928No. 29198PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

This is a suit brought by two sisters and a niece of Mrs. Mary L. Schaffter to revoke the probate of her will, and of the first codicil thereto, which are olographic in form.

After making a number of bequests and legacies, the testatrix appointed Watts K. Leverich as testamentary executor, and made him her residuary legatee.

The demand of the contestants was rejected in the lower court and they have appealed.

The ground of attack made upon the will and the codicil is that they “were not written, dated, and signed by the alleged testatrix as required by law.”

Appellants do not charge that either…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Succession of ArmantSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
  2. In re Poland's EstateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  3. Succession of DyerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Succession of BoydSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. Picard v. Succession of PicardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  3. Succession of MutinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
  4. Succession of ReynoldsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  5. Clark v. WallmarkCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942

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