Legal Opinion
Succession of Roussel
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 25, 1979No. 63698PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
373 So.2d 155 (1979)
SUCCESSION of Lawrence ROUSSEL.
No. 63698.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 25, 1979.
Rodney J. Madere, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant, Henry Roussel.
Larry C. Becnel, Vacherie, for defendants-respondents Mrs. Aldonia Alexis Roussel, Executrix and Legatte and Mrs. Olamae Roussel Joshua, legatee.
SUMMERS, Chief Justice.
Henry Roussel, the son of the decedent Lawrence Roussel, brought suit in the Twenty-third Judicial District Court in and for the parish of St. James, contesting the validity of his father's will. The will purports to be a nuncupative testament by private act…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Soileau v. OrtegoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Succession of DauteriveSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
- Norton v. ComstockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Succession of PardoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
- Succession of RousselLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
3Cited by28 opinions
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