Succession of Honore
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Hortense I-Ionore. From a judgment annulling the will, Estelle Hubbard, executrix, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This action was brought to annul the last will and testament of the late Hortense Hubbard, widow of Jos. Magloire by first marriage and by second marriage of Jules P. Honoré, on the ground that it was not executed in the presence of three witnesses, and that it was not- signed by the testatrix, that she did not declare that she was unable to sign, or that she assigned no cause of inability to sign.
This action was brought by her heirs, who are not mentioned in the will, against the defendant, who claimed in the district court under the terms of the purported will and who had obtained some…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
- Stafford v. HarperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
3Cited by1 opinion
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners v. BarberLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955