Succession of Dumestre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
This is an action to set aside a will made in due form by tbe deceased before a notary and tbe requisite number of witnesses. Tbe only grounds set up for alleged insanity of tbe deceased are tbat be was a very sick man at tbe time tbe will was made and for some time before tbat, and tbat be died some 12 hours after making tbe will; and the testimony of two physicians who never saw tbe deceased and testified only from tbe chart kept at tbe hospital where be died, tbat in their opinion tbe deceased was incapable of making tbe will which be did.
But tbe will itself bears no sign of an…
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