Legal Opinion

Succession of Porche

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 6, 1973No. 5204PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOUTALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment declaring a statutory will to be null and void and denying the probate thereof, based upon failure to observe the formalities required by R.S. 9:2442.

The will in question was executed on July 14, 1965 and bequeaths to one of the testator’s three children, as an extra portion, 1/3 of his property, and divides the remainder of the property equally among all three children. After the testator’s death, his succession was opened and the will was offered for probate by the favored child. *667The other two children opposed the probate of the will…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States v. GilesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Succession of MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
  3. Heinbach v. HeinbachSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
  4. Succession of EckSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
  5. Spaulding v. First National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Succession of PorcheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  2. Heck v. Lafourche Parish CouncilLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003
  3. Successions of PorcheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973

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