Legal Opinion
Estate of Doucet v. Doucet
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 5, 1994No. Nos. 94-61, 94-62PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JiDECUIR, Judge.
This consolidated appeal arises out of two legal proceedings involving the estate of John Baptiste Doueet, Sr. The particular focus of the appeal is the proper disposition, under the terms of Doucet’s will, of cash derived from the sale of a parcel of separate property-
FACTS
John Baptiste Doueet, Sr. died on December 12, 1989. He is survived by his third wife, to whom he had been married for forty-four years, and three children from his first marriage.
During their marriage, John and Ena Dou-cet lived in a modest home on fifteen (15) acres of land owned by Mr. Doueet as separate…
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