SUCCESSION OF CAHN

No. CA-8613.

522 So.2d 1160 (1988)

The SUCCESSION OF Stella W. CAHN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George O'Dowd, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Mary Horde Edwards.

Vernon P. Thomas, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee Andrea Victor.

Before SCHOTT, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

This is a will contest provoked by Mrs. Andrea Victor, a niece of the decedent, Stella W. Cahn, on the ground that she lacked testamentary capacity when she wrote an olographic will on May 25, 1984. The trial judge declared the will invalid and the universal legatee under the will, Mary H. Edwards, has appealed. The issue is whether the opponent of the will carried her burden of proof to establish that the decedent lacked testamentary capacity when...

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