Wilbert v. Wilbert
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville; G. K. Sehwing, Judge. Suit by Philip A. Wilbert against Frederick Wilbert and others. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Peter G. Wilbert, the father of Philip A. Wilbert and Peter M. Wilbert, died in December, 1920, leaving his two sons as his sole heirs and legal representatives. Ophelia Le Blanc, the wife of the deceased, had departed this life 35 years before the death of her husband. On November 3, 1920, decedent made a last will and testament, mystic in form, in which he bequeathed certain special legacies, and instituted his two sons as universal legatees, with equal shares in his estate, subject, however, to the following conditions:
“I direct that no partition or division of my stock or of my interest…
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