SUCCESSION OF GAUDIN

No. 43015.

96 So.2d 500 (1957)

233 La. 235

Succession of Joseph J. GAUDIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Kantrow, Spaht, West & Kleinpeter, by Carlos G. Spaht, Baton Rouge, for appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

The universal legatee under a will executed by her deceased uncle, Joseph J. Gaudin, presented the will for probate. The brother of decedent opposed the probate and the district judge sustained the opposition, holding the will invalid on the ground that it does not comply with the form prescribed by law. Hence this appeal.

Since the succession effects have not been inventoried and there is no evidence in the record as to their value, this...

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