Succession of Walker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George Henry Théard, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Henrietta Walker. Action by Edward Walker and others against Henry McGwinn and others to annul the last will of decedent. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
This is a suit by Edward Walker, son, and Burton and Betsy Perkins (the latter being the wife of William Howard), grandchildren, of the slave marriage of Henrietta Walker, to annul her last will; the defendants being Henry McGwinn, son of Henrietta Walker by one Clint McGwinn, and Jesse Brown and Mary Brown (wife of John Evridge), children of the same by one Jesse Brown. The will purports to have been executed in nuncupative form by public act, and contains the following as its sole disposing clause, to wit:
“My name is Henrietta Walker. I am the widow of Henry…
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