Succession of Gaines
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from tho Civil District Court for tlie Parish of Orleans. Houston, J. The following legal propositions are elementary : X. La date ne doit pas étre mise le jour méme oü-le testateur ócrit ses dispositions. Laurent, XIII, p. 1700, Ho. 204. •2. “Onadmet que le testament olographe fait foi de sadate." Laurent, XIII, 269, 274, Hos, 242, 243; Lemolom.be, Lon.
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APPEAL from tho Civil District Court for tlie Parish of Orleans. Houston, J. The following legal propositions are elementary : X. La date ne doit pas étre mise le jour méme oü-le testateur ócrit ses dispositions. Laurent, XIII, p. 1700, Ho. 204. •2. “Onadmet que le testament olographe fait foi de sadate." Laurent, XIII, 269, 274, Hos, 242, 243; Lemolom.be, Lon. IV, p. 158; Gilbert (Codes), 429. TTn testament olographe est regardó córame un acta solennél qui fait foi de sa date. Toullier, III, p. 210; Cassation, Juin, 1810; fcíiroy, p. 290. So that if the writing be proven, tho date will be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion oí' the Court was delivered by
Roché, J.
On the 12th of January, 1885, Mrs. Marie P. Evans presented for probate, as the olographic will of the deceased, the following instrument:
“New Orleans, January 8, 1885. — I, Myra Clark Gaines, being of sound mind, bequeath to my excellent friend, Mrs. Julietta Perkins, as a token of my esteem and love, that part of my estate known as the Fuentes property, and to my friend, Mrs. Marie P. Evans, one-third of the remainder of my entire estate, the balance to be divided equally between my grandchildren. I appoint Mrs. Marie P. Evans, my…
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