TOWNE v. TOWNE

No. 13652.

364 So.2d 627 (1978)

Wiley G. TOWNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ezra B. TOWNE, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Johnson by J. Eugene Osburn, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lancaster, Baxter & Seale, Tallulah, Watts & Cassidy, Franklinton by E. H. Lancaster, Jr., Tallulah, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and MARVIN, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

The predominant issue in this case is whether prescription bars plaintiff's suit for damages and the annulment of two judgments of possession where his claims are based on the provisions of an olographic will which was allegedly concealed from him and not presented for probate within five years of the opening of the succession of the deceased author. The trial court sustained the plea of prescription and we affirm.

Ezra B. Towne, Sr., and his...

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