Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Succession of Reynolds

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 5, 1956No. 42925Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partFournet, Chief Justice

This case is before us on appeal by the plaintiffs-appellants for the third time; the first time we held that the probated will was not invalid for want of certainty of date;1 the second time we affirmed the judgment of the lower court dismissing plaintiffs’ petition on the ground that it failed to state a cause of action;2 and the present appeal is from a judgment of the district court maintaining a plea of res judicata based on the former judgments of this Court, as well as exceptions of no cause and no right of action and dismissing plaintiffs’ third attack on the validity of the same…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. State v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  2. Quarles v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  3. Hope v. MadisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  4. Woodcock v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  5. Wells v. FilesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914

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