Gale v. Hession

GUIDRY, Judge.

This is an action to annul a statutory will dated September 30, 1976 for lack of testamentary capacity. The plaintiff in this proceeding is Bessie G. Dixon Gale, the decedent’s sole legatee and named executrix under earlier testaments. The defendants are Eugene C. Gilder, dative testamentary executor of the Succession of Bonnie Hession Ellis, and William Hession, who, along with Bessie G. Dixon Gale, is named as legatee under the testament sought to be annulled. The trial court held that the testatrix lacked the requisite testamentary capacity at the time of the making of the…