Succession of McDermott
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. In the matter of the Succession of Kate McDermott. Bill by Edward I-Iealy and others against William P. Burke and another, executors, to annul the wills of decedent, and from a judgment sustaining the wills, he appeals and Thomas Gilmore, testamentary executor, also appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO'Niell, J.
The heirs at law of the late Miss Kate McDermott, her maternal uncle and aunt, brought this suit to annul her wills dated the 4th, 6th, and 9th of August, and the 12th of September, 1912, and the 8th of July, 1913. They alleged that the testatrix was non compos mentis at the time the wills were made.
Some of the legatees named in the will of August 4, 1912, had already sued to annul the wills of the 6th and 9th of August, and of the 12th of September, 1912, and of the 8th of July, 1913, alleging that they were procured by fraud, coercion, and undue influence on the part of certain legatees…
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