Legal Opinion
Succession of Lambert
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 14, 1946No. 37997PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
Frederick Lambert, who was never married, died in the City of New Orleans on June 25, 1942, leaving a nun-cupative will • by public act of date July 18, 1927. His estate, consisting principally of cash and real estate, was inventoried and valued at $186,765.11.
In the testament the testator made numerous specific bequests to relatives (principally nephews and nieces, but also his brother William Lambert to whom he bequeathed $10,000) and to friends; and he appointed his other brothers Robert Lambert and Albert Lambert executors without bond. The instrument further pro- -…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Norton v. Crescent City Ice Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
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- Succession of AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
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