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SUCCESSION OF JENKINS

No. 85-CC-1368.

481 So.2d 607 (1986)

SUCCESSION OF Ado JENKINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion January 28, 1986.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sondra A. Cheek, Breland & Cheek, John N. Gallaspy, Gallaspy & Paduda, Bogalusa, for applicant.

Rykert Toledano, Jr., Covington, for respondent.

WATSON, Justice.

ISSUE

The issue is whether a testator's appointment of an attorney in his will is binding on the heirs.

FACTS

Ado Jenkins' attorney, Louis E. Pauratore, prepared a statutory last will and testament for his client which appointed Pauratore as attorney for the estate and Jenkins' wife as executrix. After Ado Jenkins died, his widow, Carrie Mae Cammatte Jenkins, allegedly failed...

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