SUCCESSION OF RUSSELL

No. 90-228.

590 So.2d 606 (1991)

SUCCESSION OF J.A. RUSSELL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied January 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schrumpf & Schrumpf, Liver J. Schrumpf, Sulphur, for appellant.

Gahagan & Conlay, Henry C. Gahagan, Jr., Natchitoches, for appellee.

Before GUIDRY, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal concerns the apportionment of estate taxes in a succession proceeding and the validity of a testamentary clause imposing certain conditions on immovable property inherited by several legatees.

FACTS

J.A. Russell, a resident of Natchitoches Parish, died testate on May 29, 1980. The decedent's will and two codicils provided in pertinent part:

"I, James A. Russell, make this my last will and testament, revoking all...

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