CRICHTON v. SUCCESSION OF GREDLER

No. 11169.

220 So.2d 714 (1969)

Powell CRICHTON, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SUCCESSION OF Kate Crichton GREDLER, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1969.

Writ Granted June 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, for Powell Crichton, Jr., and Mrs. Gloria Crichton McGehee, plaintiffs-appellants.

Smitherman, Smitherman, Purcell, Lunn & Le Van, Shreveport, Henry G. Hobbs, Minden, for Thomas Crichton, Jr., Thomas Crichton, III, and John Hayes Crichton, defendants-appellees.

Luther W. Moore, Minden, for Thomas Crichton, IV, Scott Jackson Crichton, Katie Crichton, Anne Bernard Crichton, Lili Crichton, John Hayes Crichton, Jr., and Edward Bailey Crichton, defendants-appellees.

R. Harmon Drew, Minden, curator for Kate Crichton, defendant-appellee.

Campbell, Campbell, Marvin & Johnson, Minden, for Sheriff and Ex-Officio Inheritance Tax Collector, defendant-appellee.

Before AYRES, BOLIN and PRICE, JJ.


AYRES, Judge.

Mrs. Kate Crichton Gredler, by last will and testament, created trust estates in favor of her nephews Thomas Crichton, III, and John Hayes Crichton as principal beneficiaries, with their father, testatrix' brother, Thomas Crichton, Jr., as trustee. This attack upon the will by Powell Crichton, Jr., and Mrs. Gloria Crichton McGehee, also a nephew and a niece of the testatrix, is primarily based upon the contention that the will contains prohibited substitutions...

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