Legal Opinion
Succession of Dancie
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 10, 1939No. 34956PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ODOM, Justice.
Louis Victor Lapleau died without issue in the State of Colorado on September 15, 1914. On the day previous to his death, he made a last will in nuncupative form, naming his wife, Charlotte Sullivan Lapleau, his sole heir, and bequeathing to her all of his property. He named her as executrix of the will without bond. The widow opened the succession of her husband in New Orleans on November 5, 1914, when she made application to the Civil District Court of the Parish of Orleans to have the will probated. The will was duly proved, and on December 21 there was judgment ordering that…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Cox v. Von AhlefeldtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Thomas v. BlairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Liles v. Producers' Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Taylor v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- McGuire v. Monroe Scrap Material Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Jim Akin v. Louisiana National Bank of Baton RougeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Schoen v. BurnsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- West v. GajdzikLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- Draper v. Van LeerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Kilpatrick v. KilpatrickLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
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