Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Branch
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 30, 1971No. 8419PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUCKER, Judge.
This is an action to annul a statutory will drawn for Mrs. Ouida Schilling Branch on March 26, 1969, on the grounds, first, that it was null with respect to its *475preparation, confection and execution, and secondly that Mrs. Branch, the testatrix, was mentally incompetent to comprehend or appreciate the effects of her acts due to her allegedly advanced arteriosclerosis and resultant loss of memory, and, thirdly, that she had been unduly influenced in the making of this will.
Mrs. Branch died on September 14, 1969, due to causes other than her arteriosclerosis. She left no forced…
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