SUCCESSION OF MORGAN

No. 50431.

242 So.2d 551 (1970)

257 La. 380

Succession of Clarice VEAL, wife of Robert A. MORGAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baldwin, Haspel, Molony, Rainold & Meyer, Jerry C. Paradis, New Orleans, for petitioner-relator.

George O'Dowd, New Orleans, for respondent.


BARHAM, Justice.

After a hearing on an opposition to the probate of the will of Mrs. Clarice Veal, wife of Robert A. Morgan, the district court ordered the will probated. The Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, reversed, holding the will invalid for lack of form. 230 So.2d 323. We granted certiorari to review that judgment.

The testatrix here executed what is commonly termed a statutory will, deriving its appellation from the...

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