SUCCESSION OF MOTT

No. 97-1419.

715 So.2d 1258 (1998)

SUCCESSION OF Lillie Beatrice MOTT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. "Sam" Jones, III, DeRidder, for Leona Archield Hodges.

Harold Dewey Register, Jr., Lafayette, for Succession of Lillie Beatrice Mott.

Before THIBODEAUX, COOKS, WOODARD, DECUIR and AMY, JJ.


AMY, Judge.

Appellant, Leona Hodges, appeals the trial court's finding that the purported olographic will was not a valid testament as it lacked testamentary intention to convey ownership upon her death. We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On December 11, 1987, the decedent, Lillie Beatrice Mott, penned a document entitled "Last Will and Testament of Lillie Beatrice Mott-Widowed." This handwritten document was signed and dated. The decedent...

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