Succession of Weeks ex rel. Weeks v. Lafayette General Medical Center

JOHN A. PATIN, Judge Pro Tern.

Everett Wayne Weeks, died on July 26, 1987. His olographic testament was probated and a judgment of possession was rendered on December 10, 1987, placing his surviving spouse and his heirs, appellees herein, in possession of his estate.

On December 12,1988, Patrick Cochrane, appellant herein, filed a petition to re-open the succession, annul the judgment of possession and place him in possession of his bequest. The provision of the testament at issue states:

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