Legal Opinion
Succession of Douglass
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 22, 1954No. 41304PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
Miss Mattie R. Douglass died at her domicile in East Feliciana Parish on January 19, 1951. In an olographic will left by her, dated December 3, 1946, she first expressed a desire for the payment of her just debts; next she made separate bequests of two parcels of real estate; and then she wrote:
“Alvin Ray Valentine, James Lee Valentine, Jr., and Gerald Ray Valentine to share in the contents of my dwelling house.
“It is my desire that the two children get the Painted Photo of their Father’s.
“I will and bequeath to James Lee Valentine, Jr., born March 30th, 1943, and Gerald Ray…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gregory v. HardwickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
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