Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Duckett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 15, 1904No. 14,933PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by Alice T. Stephens against Gordon Duckett and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvostx, J.
Plaintiff contests the will of Mrs. Fannie C. Harding, deceased, but she is without interest, and without standing to do so, unless the following clause is insufficient in law to express the intention of the testatrix to disinherit her, to wit:
“To my adopted daughter, Alice Talbot Be-miss, who so deeply grieved and offended me by her elopement and marriage with Mr. J. D. Stephens against my consent, I bequeath my house and buildings and land in tbe village of Baldwin. My personal effects in the house I do will that she receive no more of my estate than I have herein bequeathed her.”
Plaintiff…
2Cited by7 opinions
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