HAMILTON v. KELLEY

No. 25820-CA.

641 So.2d 981 (1994)

Tom R. HAMILTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hazel KELLEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Storms, Ruston, for plaintiff-appellant.

Kitchens, Benton, Kitchens & Warren by Graydon K. Kitchens, III, Minden, Davenport, Files & Kelly by Michael J. Fontenot, Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by W. Craig Henry, Monroe, Earl and Hampton by Bruce E. Hampton, Farmerville, for defendant-appellee.

Before NORRIS, LINDSAY, HIGHTOWER, VICTORY and BROWN, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Tom R. Hamilton, was ten years old when his uncle, W.H. Hamilton, died. The five brothers and sisters of Hamilton, including plaintiff's father, claimed that he died intestate and obtained a judgment placing themselves in possession of decedent's property. Twenty-five years later, plaintiff's father, Boyce Hamilton, died. Plaintiff found among his father's effects an olographic testament written by his uncle, W.H. Hamilton, bequeathing all...

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