SUCCESSIONS OF EDDY, 664 So.2d 853 (La. App. 1995) CASE BRIEF

SUCCESSIONS OF EDDY
664 So.2d 853 (La. App. 1995)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal from a denial to probate a will.
FACTS: Eddy died on January 14, 1994 and a will dated February 23, 1993 was presented for probate by the named executrix. The will was ordered filed and executed. Richard Tison, nephew of the deceased filed a petition to annul the probated will alleging that it did not meet the formal requirements for a statutory will. The will under attack was prepared on an EZ Legal Form which was apparently purchased at a store. The attestation clause and places for all the signatures were on the back of the will. The will was declared invalid because the front side of the single sheet did not bear the signature of the testatrix. The named executrix of the invalidated will appealed.

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