Legal Opinion

Succession of Smart

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 1, 1948No. 38358PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiffs opposed the probate of the last will and testament of Ada A. Smart. The opposition is based on the grounds that the will is not entirely written, dated and signed by the testatrix; that it contains prohibited provisions which destroy it as an instrument expressing the testatrix’s will; and that the will as a whole is so ambiguous that the intent of the testatrix cannot be determined. Upon trial of the opposition the lower court gave judgmeiit decreeing two of the particular legacies contained in the will to be void as substitutions and decreed the will to be…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Succession of CunninghamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  2. Jones v. KyleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  3. Succession of MontegutSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  4. Picard v. Succession of PicardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  5. Succession of GuiraudSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Giroir v. DumesnilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
  2. Estate of MoodyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  3. Succession of WaltersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  4. Succession of StewartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  5. Succession of ReynoldsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954

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