Legal Opinion
Succession of Bernat
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 2, 2011No. 11-368PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPainter, J.
|!Henry A. Bernat (Henry), nephew of the testator, Frank Bernat (Bernat), appeals the trial court’s judgment interpreting the testator’s will as leaving equal shares to each of the eleven legatees. On appeal, Henry asserts that the will was null as to form and, alternatively, that the trial court erred in making a decision about the provisions of the will without having read it, erred in allowing parole evidence as to the intent of the testator, and misinterpreted the provisions of the will. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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