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IN RE SUCCESSION OF SHAMSIE

No. 33,234-CA.

759 So.2d 329 (2000)

SUCCESSION OF James Ali SHAMSIE

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blackman & Perkins, L.L.C. by Gordon N. Blackman, Jr., Shreveport, Counsel for Appellant Rita Roy.

Michael Nerren, Benton, Counsel for Appellees Paul Shamsie, Jamella Shamsie, Randy Shamsie, Mohamed Shamsie, Mike Shamsie, Sadie Shamsie.

Before BROWN, PEATROSS, KOSTELKA, JJ.

KOSTELKA, J.

In this suit contesting the validity of a will, Rita Roy ("Roy"), a named legatee and friend of decedent, appeals the trial court judgment invalidating the testament. We affirm.

FACTS

On November 19, 1998, James Ali Shamsie ("Shamsie"), then dying of bone cancer, executed a will in his Shreveport, Louisiana hospital room. Shamsie had specifically requested that his attorney friend, D. Michael Hayes ("Hayes"), a resident of Natchitoches...

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