Gonzales v. Gonzales
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES, FOR THE PARISH OF ASSUMPTION. This is an action by tlie heirs at law of Joseph de Leon, alias Rodriguez, against Juan Gonzales, his instituted heir and teslamentary executor, in which they allege that the last will and testament of the deceased, under which the defendant claims, is null and void, because it was not written as dictated by the testator.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES, FOR THE PARISH OF ASSUMPTION. This is an action by tlie heirs at law of Joseph de Leon, alias Rodriguez, against Juan Gonzales, his instituted heir and teslamentary executor, in which they allege that the last will and testament of the deceased, under which the defendant claims, is null and void, because it was not written as dictated by the testator. They pray that it be can-celled and annulled, that an inventory and appraisement be made of the property and effects of the deceased, and that he be declared intestate, and his estate go to his legal heirs. The…
1Opinion of the CourtEustis, J.
This is an action brought by the heirs at law of the *106deceased, Joseph de Leon, alias■ Rodriguez, against the defendant, his testamentary heir, for the purpose of setting aside and annulling the will of the deceased..
A will, dictated in Spanish, the native tongue of the testator, and a memorandum thereof taken down in the Erenchlanguage by the notary, which is read to the testator and approved by him, as expressing his intentions, and drawn up in the English language of which the testator is ignorant, but signed by him, the notary and witnesses, is null, under the 1571st article of the…
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