Succession of Holloway
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
531 So.2d 431 (1988)
SUCCESSION OF HOLLOWAY.
No. 87-C-2093.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
February 29, 1988.
Rehearing Denied March 31, 1988.
Walter White, Nelson, Hammons & Johnson, Shreveport, for applicant.
Lawrence May, Vivian, for respondent.
CALOGERO, Justice.
Louisiana's statutory will is one which "shall be dated." R.S. 9:2442(B). This case presents two essential questions:
1) Is this a mandatory requirement, so that the absence of a date is a fatal defect?
2) Is "the ______ day of February 1984" a date?
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