Keller v. McCalop
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment of the Court of Probates of West Baton Rouge, Favrot, J. This was an action by the plaintiffs, to annul the will of Mary McCalop, deceased. The judgment below sustained the will.
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This is an action brought by the heirs at law of the late Mary Keller, to annul and set aside a nuncupative will by public act, wherein, after making a legacy of $5000 to her sister Nancy Keller, and ordering the emancipation of two of her slaves, the deceased left the balance of her property to her Husband, James McCalop. A variety of points, or grounds of nullity have been presented by the counsel for the plaintiffs and appellants, of which we have deemed it necessary to notice only the following, which have been insisted upon at some length-in this court, to wit:
I. That Noland Stewart, one…
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