SUCCESSION OF ZATARAIN

No. 5522.

138 So.2d 163 (1962)

Succession of Marie Aline ZATARAIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1962.

Certiorari Denied April 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur V. Flotte, New Orleans, Kennon, White & Odom by Robert F. Kennon, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson, Posner & Thibaut, by Jules B. Lizarrago, Baton Rouge, Richard L. Voelker, Jr., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, LANDRY and REID, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether an attorney at law, named in a testament as attorney for testator's executrix, has the right, after the death of testator, to appoint or designate another attorney as sub-agent to represent the executrix upon his death.

The facts involved in this lawsuit are not in dispute between the parties—the single issue herein being limited, as previously stated, to a question of law, namely, whether...

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