McDonald v. Baker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster; Robert Roberts, Jr., Judge. Suit by W. W. McDonald and others against R. A. Baker, executor, and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
By Division C, composed of Justices DAW-KINS, ST. PAUL, and THOMPSON.
ST. PAUL, J.
This is a suit to set aside the will of one John W. McDonald on the ground of insanity.
I
[1,2] We gather from the evidence that he was one of the most prominent citizens of the town of Minden in Webster parish; a man of considerable social prominence, having a wide acquaintance and fairly extensive business connections; cashier and active manager of the oldest bank in the community; universally respected and widely-consulted on business affairs; a bachelor, living in his own home with a widowed sister.
The deceased…
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