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IN RE SUCCESSION OF GALLO

No. 02-CA-1240.

845 So.2d 1136 (2003)

SUCCESSION OF Louis Anthony GALLO, Sr., M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Shearman, Kevin D. Shearman, Metairie, LA, for Appellants.

R. Scott Buhrer, Metairie, LA, for Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, MARION F. EDWARDS and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.

MARION F. EDWARDS, Judge.

Appellants appeal the trial court's ruling that language in a statutory will was ambiguous, thereby requiring parole evidence to determine the testator's intent. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 25, 1998, Louis Anthony Gallo, M.D. ("Dr.Gallo"), executed a Last Will and Testament that was prepared and notarized by his attorney, Joseph Bertrand. Dr. Gallo's will provided that his...

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