IN RE SUCCESSION OF DOUCET

No. 42,963-CA.

975 So.2d 738 (2008)

In the Matter of the Succession of Emile Joseph DOUCET, Jr. Beverly Sanders Doucet, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Dane Daryl Doucet, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Lane Candler, for Appellant.

Donald L. Kneipp, Monroe, for Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and MOORE, JJ.


MOORE, J.

Beverly Sanders Doucet appeals a judgment that refused to probate a copy of the notarial will that her late husband executed naming her his sole universal legatee. Finding no manifest error in the district court's conclusion that the decedent revoked his will by destroying the original, we affirm.

Factual Background

The decedent, Emile Joseph Doucet Jr. (referred to by his family as "EJ...

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