Watson v. Young

On April 11, 1946 Mrs. Nancy Sylina Young Hardy executed a last will and testament in olographic form in which she bequeathed to her nephew, William Iverson Watson, plaintiff in this proceeding, all the property she died possessed of and appointed him executor without bond.

Mrs. Hardy, the testatrix, died at her residence in the Parish of St. Helena on November 8, 1946. On January 9, 1947, the legatee under the will petitioned the district court for probate thereof. The will was duly probated and the legatee appointed executor in accordance with its terms as is shown by an order of court dated…