Legal Opinion

Succession of Raiford

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 15, 1980No. 13621PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PONDER, Judge.

This is a contest of will case.

The issue is the validity of an olographic will, dated invalid by the trial court. We reverse.

In 1963, testatrix made a statutory will leaving her estate to her brother. Appellants, Marie Raiford, Gwendolyn Brown Cooper, George Allen Cooper and Deborah Gwen Cooper Gill contend the statutory will was revoked by the following, written in pencil in a small booklet:

“Monday, 8. 1968

I want gwen cooper to have what I got when I died My land and all

Melisa Raiford”

Appellees argue that the latter is ineffective as a will because: it was not proved to have…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Carter v. Succession of CarterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. Succession of La BarreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  3. Succession of FertelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  4. Succession of BoydSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. Succession of Greer v. WigginsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Succession of RaifordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. Succession of RaifordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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