Legal Opinion
Succession of Marshall
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 23, 1961No. 5PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YARRUT, Judge.
This is an appeal by the legatee of a particular legacy (of $10,000) from a judgment refusing the probate of an olographic codicil to an olographic testament, while admitting the body of the testament to probate. The legacy is contained in the codicil.
Upon testator’s death (in 1953) his widow procured the probate of an olographic will, dated May 25, 1942, signed by testator, reading: “This is my last will. I give all I die possessed of to my wife, Frances E. Marshall.”
Another testament, dated April 23, 1942, in olographic form, and containing the *699codicil, was found in decedent’s…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Zerega v. PercivalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Jones v. KyleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- Succession of Buck.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Picard v. Succession of PicardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Succession of BechtelLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Probate of the Alleged Will of MarinusNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1985
- Succession of BarnettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971