Succession of Blakemore
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Sixth District Court Parish of Morehouse. Baird, J. 1. Under the laws cf Louisiana legatees are divided into three general classes, viz.: Universal legatees, legatees under a universal title, andlegatees under a particular title.
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APPEAL from the Sixth District Court Parish of Morehouse. Baird, J. 1. Under the laws cf Louisiana legatees are divided into three general classes, viz.: Universal legatees, legatees under a universal title, andlegatees under a particular title. C. C. 1606,1612,1622. 2. A universal legatee is one to whom the testator bequeaths his entire estate, after deducting the portion reserved by law to forced heirs, also the special or particular legacies, and legacies under an universal title. 85 An. pp. 708, 1054, and authorities there cited. 3. A legatee under a universal title is one to whom the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bermudez, O. J.
This controversy arises among the collaterals of the deceased and involves the interpretation to be placed npon his will, which is in the olographic form.
The application of two of his nephews for the probate and execution of the will was resisted by the collaterals on several grounds:
1. That the testator has ignored it by throwing it aside, with the. intention of revocation.
2. That the testator has, since the execution of it, disposed of the property bequeathed.
3. That the bequest is a special one, applying only to the property owned by…
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