This is an appeal by legatees under a statutory will from a judgment declaring the will invalid. Because we find that the attestation clause in the will is not in substantial compliance with La.R.S. 9:2442(B), we affirm.
The four page document in question is styled Last Will and Testament, and begins, "I, Woodrow Wilson Chabert, being of sound mind, declare this to be my last will and testament...
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