Succession of Chauvin

257 So.2d 422 (1972)

260 La. 828

Succession of B. J. CHAUVIN, Sr.

No. 51140.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 17, 1972.

Rehearings Denied February 21, 1972.

Morris B. Phillips, New Orleans, for relator.

Jackson P. McNeely, New Orleans, for respondent.

Leonard Oppenheim, New Orleans, amicus curiae.

DIXON, Justice.

Writs were granted in this case to consider the effect of the remarriage of the surviving widow upon the usufruct of the surviving spouse.

B. J. Chauvin, Sr., was married once, and was survived by his widow and son. By last will and testament, olographic in form, he had provided: "I leave all…