Legal Opinion

In re Whitehead

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 20, 1971No. 8626PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SARTAIN, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants in this action, Messrs. Alcee Lionel Whitehead and Alvin Whitehead, Jr., seek to nullify on the grounds of certain alleged formal defects a purported nuncupative will by private act executed by their uncle, the deceased Herman J. W. Whitehead. The defendant-ap-pellee is the widow of the deceased, Mrs. Jeanne Blanchet Whitehead, to whom the deceased left his entire estate under the purported will.

It is not disputed that defendant is entitled to the entire community property portion of her deceased husband’s estate, since his only surviving blood relatives…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Succession of BeattieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  2. Stephens v. AdgerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  3. Succession of SaarelaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  4. Succession of SealsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  5. Succession of GuidrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Succession of JacqueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
  2. In re the Succession of WhiteheadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972

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