Title: Cormier v. Myers

State: louisiana

Issuer: Louisiana Supreme Court

Document:

65 So. 2d 345 (1953) 223 La. 259 CORMIER et al. v. MYERS. No. 40824. Supreme Court of Louisiana. April 27, 1953. Plauche & Plauche, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellees. Lawes, Cavanaugh & Hickman and Fred C. Selby, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant. PONDER, Justice. The defendant has appealed from a judgment decreeing a nuncupative will and testament null and void. After hearing the arguments in the case and carefully examining the record, the briefs filed herein and the written reasons given by the district judge for his judgment, we have arrived at the conclusion that the facts and the issues are properly stated and disposed of and, therefore, adopt his written reasons as our opinion in this case, viz.: "Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Landry, in whose home the testatrix was placed for three months in the early part of 1946, testified unequivocally that Aunt Laura was completely out of her mind when she was at their home; the testatrix thought Mrs. Landry was `Neenah' or `Leenah' which was the *347 name of the sister of the testatrix; and she also thought that Mr. Landry was `Richard' which was the name of the tenant on Aunt Laura's farm. For the reasons assigned, the judgment is affirmed at appellant's cost.