Lataprie v. Baudot

Mrs. Benar Lataprie, the original plaintiff in this suit, having died, her heirs have been made parties plaintiff.

The suit is to annul the will of Mrs. Christine Baudot, a deceased sister of Mrs. Lataprie. One only of the several grounds of nullity need be noticed. It is that the will is in nuncupative form by public act, and that of the three witnesses to it only one understood the'language in which it was dictated.

The participants in the making of the will sat around a table. The testatrix spoke in French; one of the witnesses translated into English what she said; and the notary took down…