Legal Opinion
Succession of Wilkin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 15, 1869No. 1485PublishedCited by 6 opinions
from the Second Judicial District Court, parish of Jefferson, A. Oagabat, J.
1Opinion of the CourtHowe, J.
This is an action to annul the will of the late Clement Wilkin. From a judgment maintaining the will, the heirs at law prosecute this appeal.
The instrument in question is a nuncupative will hy public act, and is in the following words (the dispositions, which it is unnecessary to consider in this case, being omitted):
State of Louisiana — Parish or Jefferson.
Be it known, that I, Pliny Earl Davis, a notary public in and for. the parish of Jefferson, on the fifth of March, 1865, repaired to the house of Clement Wilkin, an inhabitant of said parish of Jefferson and State of Louisiana, where, at…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Le Blanc v. Baras's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
- Langley's Heirs v. Langley's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1838
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Succession of WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Succession of PorcheLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
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