Mrs. Mary St. Tammany O'COnnOr McCarthy v. Frank B. Wood
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Alleging that a judgment entered in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, on December 11, 1956, confirming the probate of the last will and testament of Lillian Bell Reynolds, deceased, was secured by fraud and ill practices, plaintiff in a lengthy prayer 1 sought a decree declaring it a nullity.
The defendant moved to dismiss the action on five asserted grounds, 2 attaching to the motion a certified copy of a decision of the Supreme. Court of Louisiana, In Succession of Reynolds, 231 La. 410, 91 So.2d 584, affirming on the grounds of res…
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