Henry v. Blakesley

BOLIN, Judge.

Katherine Mabel Patterson McDonald Blakesley, also known as Katherine Blakes-ley Gore, died in Bossier Parish on November 17, 1973. She left a last will and testament in statutory form dated September 12, 1973. This will, concededly valid as to form, was admitted to probate. According to the terms of the will the testatrix bequeathed two-thirds of her estate to Martha Elizabeth Henry and the remaining one-third to her adopted son and sole heir, Paul Avery Blakesley. During the probate proceedings Paul Blakesley intervened seeking to invalidate the will on the grounds that the…