Legal Opinion

Succession of Davis

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 1, 1965No. 6540PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REID, Judge.

This is a suit involving the interpretation of a Last Will and Testament of Joseph William Davis, who is alleged to have died on October 7, 1963. The proponent, Miss Cortez Camp, filed, on October 16, 1963, a petition to probate the said Last Will of the decedent Joseph William Davis, and attached thereto a hand written document purported to be the Last Will and Testament of the decedent, made in olographic form and sought to have it probated.

The opponents, being the surviving children and sole heirs of the decedent, namely, William Harvey Davis, Mrs. Inez Davis McCall, Clay S.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. De Mouy v. JepsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  2. Jones v. HollowayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
  3. Succession of WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  4. In re DrakeDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1902

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Matter of Succession of JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
  2. Campbell v. PickeringLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
  3. Champagne v. EuseaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980

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