SUCCESSION OF KEARL

No. CA-0678.

440 So.2d 179 (1983)

SUCCESSION OF Spencer L. KEARL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy W. Smith, Eric John Witmeyer, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee Cyril M. Kearl.

John D. Wogan, Neil Ann Parks, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellant Rosemary N. Bridges.

Before GARRISON, LOBRANO and GULOTTA, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

This litigation involves the interpretation of certain legacies in the last will and testament of Spencer L. Kearl, a resident of Orleans Parish who died on November 3, 1981. Decedent's testament, dated November 2, 1981, is in olographic form, and provides as follows:

"To whom it may concern—this is my last will and supersedes all previous wills. (1) I own a substantial amount of stock with E.F. Hutton & Co.

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