SUCCESSION OF DESHOTELS

No. 82-386.

422 So.2d 721 (1982)

SUCCESSION OF Eddie DESHOTELS. Darrell ABSHIRE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Connie Courville LeMAIRE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcantel & Marcantel, David Emile Marcantel, Jennings, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Barsh & Hunter, Wade N. Kelly, C.A. King, II, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before FORET, CUTRER and STOKER, JJ.


CUTRER, Judge.

This appeal presents the issue of whether Eddie Deshotels, deceased, possessed the mental capacity to confect a last will and testament.

Eddie Deshotels died June 22, 1981, in Calcasieu Parish. His wife, Edna, predeceased him, having died on January 10, 1981. During the 1950's Eddie and his wife had confected reciprocal wills wherein they each willed their property to the other. As a result of the death of his wife, Eddie's prior will became...

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