Falkner v. Friend
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Court of Probates for the parish of Claiborne, Peets, J. The plaintiff, Mary A. V. Falkner, was the only child of Francis Flournoy, deceased.
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
The plaintiffs are appellants from a decree ordering the execution of the last will and testament of the late Francis Flournoy, deceased. They have contended in this court that the said will which purports to be a nuncupative one under private signature, is null and void on a variety of grounds, of which the most material are :
1. That it does not appear to have been written by the testator himself, or by any other person from his dictation, or even by one of the witnesses, or that the testator presented the paper on which he had written the will, or caused it to be written out of their…
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