Chandler v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
from tbe Second District Court of New Orleans, Theard, J. Fourth District Court, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtHowe, J.
The plaintiffs in this case allege that they, together with a minor brother and minor sisters, are the solo heirs of Mrs; ChristinA Chandler, their father’s sister, who died in New Orleans on the second of August, 1866. That on the twenty-fourth day of July, 1866, the deceased executed an instrument called and known as her last will and testament before A. Hero, Jr., notary, by which she bequeathed all her property to the defendant Barrett, constituting him universal legatee and sole executor; that the will has been admitted to probate upon application'of the defendant, but that it is null…
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