Legal Opinion
Jones v. Mason
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 6, 1958No. 42598PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
Claude Elmo Jones died at his domicile in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, on May 11, 1954, leaving an estate worth over $91,000. The district court dismissed a petition for probate of a purported will of Jones dated June 20, 1951, written in olographic form. The proponents of the will have appealed.
The olographic will which proponents seek to have probated is a carbon impression — that is, the writing, including date and signature, was produced by the use of carbon. This document was proved to have been entirely written, dated, and signed in the handwriting of the deceased, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Throckmorton v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- In Re Succession of NunleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Fuentes v. GainesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1873
- Succession of O'BrienSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- In re the Estate of BlackstoneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Pregeant v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Succession of TalbotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- Moore v. MooreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Matter of Estate of ShawSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
- In Re Succession of JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
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