SUCCESSION OF SAARELA

No. 958.

151 So.2d 144 (1963)

Succession of Carl J. SAARELA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1963.

Certiorari Refused May 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Charbonnet, Jr., New Orleans, for George Howard Wills and Lawrence Henry Wills, plaintiffs-appellants.

Pilie, Nelson & Limes, M. Arnaud Pilie, New Orleans, for August J. Bubert, Testamentary Executor, appellee.

Philip Gensler, New Orleans, duly appointed Curator ad hoc for Kalle Saarela, appellee (Absentee).

Before YARRUT, HALL and JANVIER, JJ.


YARRUT, Judge.

The widow in community of the decedent sued to annul the last will and testament of deceased for its failure to comply with the requirements of LSA-R.S. 9:2442, regarding the attestation clause. Defendants are the testamentary executor and attorney, and the universal legatee. From a judgment sustaining the will and admitting it to probate, this appeal is now being prosecuted by the sons of a prior marriage of the widow, since deceased.

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