Airey v. Sampson

BARNETTE, Judge.

This proceeding was instituted by plaintiffs-appellees, The Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans and Mrs. Cecile Airey Dinkins, Curators of the interdict, Mrs. Marguerite Sampson Airey, for the *54purpose of obtaining from defendant-appellant, Kenneth E. Pickering, a document alleged to be the last will and testament of one Mrs. Marguerite Sampson Airey. The facts giving rise to this proceeding are, to say the least, unusual and therefore we feel it necessary to explain the background of this matter in some detail.

On August 2, 1969, Mrs. Marguerite Sampson Airey confected an…