MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF JONES

No. 12461.

369 So.2d 1143 (1979)

In the Matter of the Succession of Anna Lusk JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Dameron, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for Testamentary Executrix-appellant Jessie Lee Lusk Black well.

Stephen Dart, St. Francisville, of counsel, for defendant-appellant Jefferson Lusk Smith.

William H. Mouton, Lafayette, of counsel, for defendant-appellant Jessie Lee Lusk Delahoussaye.

C. N. Malone, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendant-appellant Alice Louise Lusk Johnson and Ethel Lusk.

Bruce Turner, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellee Evelyn Higdon Blackburn.

J. B. Thompson, in pro per.

Before LANDRY, COVINGTON and PONDER, JJ.


COVINGTON, Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by Jessie Lusk Blackwell, Testamentary Executrix, seeking interpretation of the Last Will and Testament of Anna Lusk Jones dated March 20, 1972, which has been probated by the District Court in the probate proceedings. The Testamentary Executrix alleged that she was unable to deliver all of the legacies made in the will because of a number of ambiguities and uncertainties contained therein.

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