Breaux v. Gallusseaux

This suit is brought to set aside the last will of Felix Breaux, deceased. The will was a nuncupative will, executed before a notary and three witnesses.

It appears to have been dictated by the testator to the notary in the French language.

One of the attesting witnesses did not understand the language in which the will is written sufficiently to comprehend what was said, and he now says after being shown the will, that he cannot read the French portions of the will at all.

To supply the defect, defendant interrogated the witness, on the cross-examination, ‘to show that the testator had…