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SUCCESSION OF WATERMAN

No. 5875.

286 So.2d 797 (1973)

Succession of Mrs. Marjorie THOMS, widow of Walter Flower WATERMAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1974.

Writ Granted February 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe & Lemann, Thomas B. Lemann, Norris S. L. Williams, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Val A. Schaff, III, Schaff & Currier, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Arthur L. Ballin, Frank Dudenhefer, John J. Cummings, III, John Vincent Lemmon, Richard S. McBride, Jr., Thomas G. Rapier, New Orleans, for appellees.

Before SAMUEL and BOUTALL, JJ., and FLEMING, J. Pro Tem.

ROBERT M. FLEMING, Judge Pro Tem.

The issue we are called upon to determine in this appeal is what Mrs. Waterman, the testatrix, meant when she wrote in her will of February 20, 1970, as follows:

"FIRST: I direct that all my just debts, funeral expenses and expenses in connection with the administration of my estate be paid out of my residuary estate, as soon as practicable after my death."

and in the FOURTH...

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