SUCCESSION OF MERRITT

No. CA 90 0417.

581 So.2d 728 (1991)

In the SUCCESSION OF Natalie Frankie Simmons MERRITT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied September 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. Genco, Amite, for Inez S. Lea, Winnie S. Brignac, Essie S. Graham and Hulon L. Simmons.

J. Lynn Ponder, Amite, for Hillary Simmons and Edward Earl Lawrence, appellant.

Richard A. Schwartz, Amite, for Jean S. Dees, Sylvia S. Rioux and Connie Penton Newsom.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and LeBLANC, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

Edward Earl Lawrence, a named legatee in the holographic will of Natalie Frankie Simmons Merritt, appealed the judgment of the trial court holding that parol evidence was not admissible to determine the intention of the testator and that the disposition to Mr. Lawrence contained a prohibited substitution. We affirm.

FACTS

The disposition in question reads as follows:

The house left like it is and land and timber for Edward...

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