Legal Opinion
Succession Soileau
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 2005No. 05-655PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GENOVESE, Judge.
_JjThis matter involves a dispute over the interpretation of a will. The decedent’s only child, Sandra Kay Soileau Leake (“Leake”), is appealing the grant of summary judgment in favor of the decedent’s first cousin, Sadie Veillon (“Veillon”). The trial court named Veillon as the succession *565representative and also found her to be the sole legatee of the decedent, Attward Joseph Soileau (“Soileau”). For the following reasons, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the case is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
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