Succession of Doming

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mercedes Carter Baptiste, instituted this proceeding to probate a nun-cupative will by public act, executed by the decedent, Mrs. Lorenza Doming Butler,1 on September 3, 1952, wherein plaintiff was named testamentary executrix and universal legatee, and also, to have declared as null and void a statutory will, executed April 1, 1955. Plaintiff asserted that the last will was a nullity since the formalities prescribed by LSA-R.S. 9:2442 were not complied with, and also that the testatrix was precluded from executing a statutory will because she could not read. Plaintiff…