Succession of Walters
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Chief Justice.
This litigation is a sequel to the decision rendered by the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, in Succession of Walters, 202 So.*622d 410 (cert. den. 251 La. 395, 204 So.2d 575). It involves solely the question of the effect of a prohibited substitution on the remainder of the provisions of a will.
Mrs. Lillian Thomas, widow by first marriage of Pat McGill and wife by a second marriage of Francis L. Walters, died on April 2, 1964 leaving a statutory will. In it she made a number of particular bequests, declared her husband to be her residuary legatee, and named him and Mr. and…
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Succession of SimmsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
- Succession of FeitelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Succession of LedbetterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Succession of RougonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
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