Legal Opinion
Succession of Talluto
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 15, 1960No. 43700PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
Mrs. Catherine Talluto, widow of Joseph Spatafora, died in New Orleans in June, 1955. She left a nuncupative will by public act dated March 11, 1954, in, which she bequeathed real and personal property to her brother, her sister, and several nieces and nephews. Her estate had an inventoried value of over $85,000.
The brother of the deceased and some of her nieces and nephews instituted this suit to have the will declared null and void. The attack on the will is twofold: . (1) That the testatrix at the time of the execution of the will did not possess testamentary capacity…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Succession of MoodySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Bernard v. FrancezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Renfrow v. McCainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Succession of Lafferan-DerieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Succession of PrejeanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
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