Lewis v. Gretna Trust & Savings Bank

I think the judgment of the district court should be affirmed. In my view, the rules of interpretation applied to a notarial will in the early eases cited in the majority opinion are entirely too technical, and are not in harmony with the recent tendency of our jurisprudence to limit the rigid enforcement of the formalities required in the execution of wills to those instances in which the law is palpably violated. Succession of Crouzeilles, 106 La. 442, 31 So. 64; Succession of Beattie, 163 La. 831, 112 So. 802.

In Prudhomme v. Savant, 150 La. 256, 90 So. 640, this court held the requirement…