Legal Opinion
Succession of Ledet
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 31, 1930No. 30287PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
On August 19, 1925, Henry Ledet made an olographic will by which he made certain bequests and legacies to relatives and friends, the details whereof are presently not pertinent. He then had a wife and one child.
On August 25, 1926, a second legitimate child was born to him by his , said wife. Whereupon the will fell by the terms of article R. 0. 0. 1705, reading as follows: “The testament falls by the birth of legitimate children of the testator, posterior to its date.”
Thereafter, to wit, on December 2, 1926, Ledet added a codicil to his said will, by which, after mentioning the birth of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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