Legal Opinion
Succession of Lapene
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 10, 1957No. 42858PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLIN, Justice-ad-Hoc.
*131Jules Lapene died testate in the city of New Orleans on April 6, 1889. His last will and testament, dated November 28, 1877 and written in the French Language, was in nuncupative form by public act before Abel Dreyfous, Notary Public. A certified translation of the will reads as follows:
“No. 96 State of Louisiana Parish of Orleans
“28 NoTember 1877 Testament of Jules Lapene Before Me, Abel Dreyfous, Notary Public for the Parish of Orleans, and the City of New Orleans, therein residing—
“Appeared: — Mr. Jules Lapene, domiciled in the Parish of Terrebonne, in this State.
“And…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Harang v. Golden Ranch Land & Drainage Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Lee v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Generes v. Bowie Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Sun Oil Co. v. TarverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Succession of TysonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Lytell v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH THROUGH REINLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- State ex rel. Dupas v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- State v. ScottLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Succession of MatthewsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017