SUCCESSION OF REEVES

No. 2731.

224 So.2d 502 (1969)

Succession of Louis (Louie) REEVES. Ezra J. RYLAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John A. WENNER et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. O. Brown, and Lloyd G. Teekell, Alexandria, for defendants-appellants.

Garrett, Royland & Downs, by B. Dexter Ryland, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE, and HOOD, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

After the succession of the decedent, Louis Reeves, was opened and his will probated, his nephew, Ezra Ryland filed proceedings to declare the testament invalid for formal defect, and to annul its probate. The trial court granted summary judgment, declaring the testament null and void and rescinding its probate. An appeal is taken by the defendants, the executor and legatees under the will.

The testament in question is a "statutory will", as authorized...

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