Serio v. Trainor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Thomas M. Milling, Judge. In the matter of the application of Sam Serio and others, to prohate the will offered by them as the last will and testament of Miss F. C. Lefort, deceased, with opposition thereto of Mrs. Carrie Sawyer Kramer and others. From the judgment, Sam Serio .and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
MONROE, C. J.
In December, 1914, Rev. James H. Trainor, a Catholic priest, formerly in charge of the church at Franklin, presented to the district court an instrument, purporting to be the last olographic will, executed in 1910, of Caroline Lefort, who had departed this life on November 29, 1914, which will contained, among others, the following disposition, to wit:
“I bequeath to the priest of this church the sum of two thousand dollars and appoint him executor of this will, without bond.”
The instrument was admitted to probate as the last will of Miss Lefort, the…
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