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SUCCESSION OF MATERISTE

No. 9149.

273 So.2d 617 (1973)

In the Matter of the SUCCESSION of Louis Duke MATERISTE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil N. Bankston, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Carlos G. Spaht, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, ELLIS and CRAIN, JJ.

CRAIN, Judge.

The case before us involves a petition to annul a probated will. The testatrix, Myrtle Louise Duke Materiste, left no children and was survived only by her mother, Mamie Hinson Duke, and eleven brothers and sisters. Mrs. Duke filed this suit first claiming that she is entitled to her forced portion as mother of the deceased. This right was recognized. Mrs. Duke also attacked the validity of the testament itself on several grounds—the primary ground...

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