Legal Opinion
Succession of Altazan
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 8, 1996No. 96 CA 0409PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
682 So.2d 1320 (1996)
In the Matter of the SUCCESSION OF Mabel Rebelle ALTAZAN.
No. 96 CA 0409.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
November 8, 1996.
David L. Dawson, Jr., Baton Rouge, for AppelleeRalph L. Altazan.
William G. Davis, Baton Rouge, for AppellantShirley R. Knighton.
Before WHIPPLE, PITCHER and FITZSIMMONS, JJ.
FITZSIMMONS, Judge.
The issue is whether the testator's husband presented sufficient proof to rebut the legal presumption that the testator had revoked the will. We affirm the trial court's finding that the testator's husband met his burden of proof and rebutted the…
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- Jones v. MasonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
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