IN RE SUCCESSION OF BERNAT

No. 11-368.

76 So.3d 1287 (2011)

SUCCESSION OF Frank BERNAT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Brian Upton , Gregory B. Odom, II , Alexandria, LA, for Appellees, Carolyn Dianne Tuma and Joanne Kotar McLain.

Gwenda Reneé Linzay Lamb , Alexandria, LA, for Appellant, Henry A. Bernat.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, J. DAVID PAINTER, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


PAINTER, J.

Henry A. Bernat (Henry), nephew of the testator, Frank Bernat (Bernat), appeals the trial court's judgment interpreting the testator's will as leaving equal shares to each of the eleven legatees. On appeal, Henry asserts that the will was null as to form and, alternatively, that the trial court erred in making a decision about the provisions of the will without having read it, erred in allowing parole evidence as to the intent of the testator, and misinterpreted...

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