FAKOURI v. CADAIS

No. 10957.

149 F.2d 321 (1945)

FAKOURI v. CADAIS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Dubuisson, of Opelousas, La., and Charles E. Dunbar, Jr. and Charles A. O'Niell, Jr., both of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Wade O. Martin, Jr. and George M. Wallace, both of Baton Rouge, La., and John W. Lewis and Seth Lewis, both of Opelousas, La., for appellee.

Before McCORD, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


LEE, Circuit Judge.

In our original opinion herein, reported in 147 F.2d 667, 675, we analyzed the applicable jurisprudence of Louisiana and reached the conclusion that the nuncupative will by public act was null and void because it did not "state that it was dictated to the notary and by him written down as dictated in the presence of the witnesses."

By petition for rehearing appellant strongly urges that we failed properly...

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