Legal Opinion

Succession of Theriot

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 27, 1905No. 15,447Published

Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia; T. Don Foster, Judge. Proceedings by Mrs. Mary Ann Hartman to probate the will of Rosemond Theriot, deceased, in which Austin D. Theriot filed oppositions. From a decree sustaining the oppositions, proponent and a special legatee appeal.

1Opinion

On the Merits.

The executrix and principal legatee named in the will prayed that the nearest collateral' relations of the deceased residing in the parish, to wit, Ira H. Knight, Mrs. Chebie Sanders, and Austin Theriot, be notified in wilting to be present at the opening and probate of the will, and the court so ordered.

Austin D. Theriot, a nephew of the deceased, filed three oppositions to the probate of the document. The first alleged duress and illegal practices by the beneficiaries; the second, that the pretended will “was not made and executed according to law”; and the third, that the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Aubert v. AubertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1851
  2. Succession of McDonoghSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1866
  3. Heirs of Hennessey v. WoulfeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
  4. Sophie v. DuplessisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1847
  5. Succession of CauvienSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894

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