SUCCESSION OF GARDINER

No. 6774.

366 So.2d 1065 (1979)

Succession of James Ware GARDINER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1979.

Writs Refused March 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Barsh & Hunter, A. J. Gray, III, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Liskow & Lewis, Stephen T. Victory, Marilyn C. Maloney, J. Barnwell Phelps, New Orleans, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Oliver P. Stockwell, Richard E. Gerard, Edward D. Myrick, Gary A. Book, Reid K. Herbert, Lake Charles, William Booker Ferguson, Houston, Tex., Francis A. Dressler, Daniel K. Rester, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, FORET and CUTRER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is an action to annul a testament. The testament of James Ware Gardiner, a domiciliary of Connecticut at his death, was admitted to probate in that state. In an ancillary proceeding in Louisiana, the validity of the will was recognized insofar as it pertained to immovable property of the deceased located in Louisiana. The will provides that all of the immovable property owned by the deceased located outside of Connecticut, along with the remainder...

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