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SUCCESSION OF KILLINGSWORTH

No. 8886.

270 So.2d 196 (1972)

Succession of Freddie Robertson KILLINGSWORTH. Mrs. Rome Schlater Johnston TUTTLE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward Hill SCHLATER et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 26, 1972.

Writs Granted March 1, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Dameron, Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants W. B. Middleton, Jr. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.

R. J. Vandaworker, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants Mrs. Leila May O. Cutshaw & W. P. Obier, Jr.

Victor A. Sachse and Paul M. Hebert, Jr., Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Mesdames Tuttle, Rowe, Bell, Miller & Norton.

John D. Kopfler, Hammond, for appellees John D. Kopfler, Edward Blount Kopfler and Clara MacK. Conley.

Byron R. Kantrow and Gerald L. Walter, Jr., Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, for appellees Schlater, Appleton, Mitchell, Melton, etc.

Wm. A. Templet and W. B. Middleton, Jr., Plaquemine, for plaintiff-appellee Citizens.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.

SARTAIN, Judge.

These consolidated cases involve the validity vel non of a nuncupative will by public act and the resulting consequences if the same is declared a nullity.

The will in question was executed by Mrs. Freddie Robertson Killingsworth (decedent) on October 7, 1955, before W. P. Obier, an Iberville Parish Notary Public. Attesting witnesses were Lorraine Melancon (now Mrs. Passantino), Edna Lapeze, and R. G. Desobry.

Mrs. Killingsworth died...

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