Succession of Greer v. Wiggins
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
BOLIN, Judge.
Emma D. Wiggins, legatee under a purported olographic will of Pony Marshall Greer, deceased, appeals from a default judgment in favor of the forced heirs invalidating the will. We find no error in the ruling of the lower court.
Following Mr. Greer’s death a purported testament was discovered in which Mr. Greer sought to leave a child’s part of his estate to Lille Emma D. Collins, now Emma D. Wiggins. Mrs. Wiggins, who apparently had been reared by the testator, was the daughter of the sister of Mr. Greer’s second wife and therefore not a forced heir.
The will being dated “April 49,…
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