Succession of Bey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J. ‘ ‘ Where general insanity, even with some intervals, is shown, the burden of showing that the particular act in dispute was made during such an interval is thrown on the party who supports the validity of the act or contract.” C. C., Art. 1788, Sec. 9. “ A lucid interval under the civil law is not an apparent tranquillity or a seeming repose.
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PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J. ‘ ‘ Where general insanity, even with some intervals, is shown, the burden of showing that the particular act in dispute was made during such an interval is thrown on the party who supports the validity of the act or contract.” C. C., Art. 1788, Sec. 9. “ A lucid interval under the civil law is not an apparent tranquillity or a seeming repose. It is not a simple diminution or a remission of the disease, but a temporary cure.” Aubert vs. Aubert, 6 An. 108. The law recognizes two classes of insane persons — one called…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The legal and presumptive heirs of the deceased •resist the probate of her last will on the ground that she was insane at the time of its execution and incapable of making a legal and valid testament.
The introduction of evidence took a wide range, and at the trial there was judgment in favor of opponents, annulling the will, as *778having been made by an insane person; and it decreed that, “by reason of her insanity,” the testatrix died intestate.
The testamentary executor propounded the will for probate, and had an inventory taken, but the…
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