Succession of Makofsky

JANVIER, Judge.

This matter is before us on appeal by the proponent of the purported last will and testament of Narvel George Makofsky from a judgment maintaining oppositions to the will, and declaring it to be “null and void and of no effect by virtue of being revoked by being mutilated by being torn up.”

It is conceded that the decedent, Narvel George Makofsky, executed the document in controversy on January 31, 1959, under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 9:2442.

It is also conceded that two months or more prior to his death he intentionally tore the one page document into seventeen pieces.

James…