Legal Opinion

Succession of Swanson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 17, 1913No. 19,773PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal.from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. It Skinner, Judge. Succession of Alexander S. Swanson. From an adverse judgment, Mrs. Melanie Levy appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

A rehearing was granted in this cause, and the case was remanded “for further evidence and trial, especially on the point of what was the state or condition of the will at the time of its presentation for probate — whether any fragment now missing was then present.” See 131 La. 53, 58 South. 1030. The cause has been tried anew, and from an adverse judgment Mrs. Melanie Levy has again appealed.

The judge a quo in his reasons for judgment says:

“Two witnesses for legatee testify that an additional piece or ‘sliver’ of paper was in the will when the probate was made, and that it is now missing.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Succession of SwansonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of VanceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Succession of Buck.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  3. Succession of BendilyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961

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