Legal Opinion

Succession of Curtis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 30, 1921No. 24206PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Wynne G. Rogers, Judge. Succession of Mrs. Harriet M. Curtis. Suit by Louis A. Curtis, a grandson, to annul a judgment probating a document purporting to be the olographic will of the deceased. Judgment for plaintiff, and the defendants, testamentary executors, appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.

This suit was brought by a grandson of the late Mrs. Harriet M. Curtis, to annul the judgment probating a document purporting to .be the olographic will of the deceased. He alleged, first, that the instrument was not dated, written, or signed by his deceased grandmother, and, second, that it was not dated at all because the figures purporting to represent the year of its date are obscure, uncertain and doubtful. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff, ahd the defendants, testamentary executors, appealed. Thereafter, one of the executors died and the other qualified as testamentary…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Succession of Buck.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  2. Succession of CurtisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  3. Succession of WenlingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
  4. Picard v. Succession of PicardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  5. Succession of MutinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957

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