Succession of Block
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Charles B. Block. On appeal from a judgment admitting decedent’s will to probate.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This is a proceeding for the probate of the will of the decedent. Instead of proceeding ex parte, the proponent took a rule on the legal heir of the decedent to show cause why the will should not be probated. The will is in the nuncupative by public act form. The legal heir, in alleging cause why it should not be probated, denied seriatim every one of the recitals made by the notary of compliance with the formalities prescribed by law for wills in that form. On the trial of the rule, the only evidence offered was the will itself. The proponent offered no other, and the defendant in rule…
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