SUCCESSION OF BISSO

No. 2103.

186 So.2d 692 (1966)

Succession of William A. BISSO, Sr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Sumter D. Marks, Jr., Charles M. Lanier, Tucker & Schonekas, Russell J. Schonekas, New Orleans, for William A. Bisso, Jr., plaintiff and appellant.

Cabral & Cabral, Harry R. Cabral, Jr., New Orleans, for Mrs. Cecilia Bisso Slatten, as testamentary executrix, defendant and appellee.

Charles J. Rivet and Richard L. Voelker, Jr., New Orleans, for Mrs. Cecilia Bisso Slatten, individually, defendant and appellee.

Before REGAN, SAMUEL and CHASEZ, JJ.


CHASEZ, Judge.

This is an action to annul the probate of an olographic will and declare the instrument invalid on two grounds: (1) that the document was a forgery, and (2) that the testator lacked testamentary capacity by reason of insanity at the time of making the will.

The document under attack was written on January 20, 1959. It revokes all previous wills and leaves the testator's estate to his two children, "share and share alike," and names his daughter...

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