Succession of Drysdale

Citations

• 124 La. 256
• 50 So. 30
• 1908 La. LEXIS 399

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal and Error (§ 383*) — Bonds — Amount.</p> <p>There are three grounds set forth in the motion to dismiss the appeal. Two have already been decided in No. 17,277, 47 South. 367, 122 La. 37, under our supervisory jurisdiction.</p> <p>There remains only one ground for decision; it relates to the alleged insufficiency of the appeal bond.</p> <p>The appeal cannot be dismissed on that ground. The case is of that class of cases made appealable suspensivoly on bond for costs.</p> <p>The judge a quo fixed the amount of the bond, and it was furnished by appellant in accordance with the judge’s orders.</p> <p>2. Wills (§ 70*) — Validity—Execution in Foreign Country.</p> <p>A will made in Canada by a resident of the state of Douisiana is entitled to probate in the courts of said state ou proof that the formalities prescribed by the laws of Canada have been observed in the confection of the instrument.</p> <p>3. Wills (§ 289*) — Papers Bound Together —Presumption.</p> <p>Sheets which are bound together and constitute tho will at the testator’s death are presumed to have been bound together at the time of the attestation, when the papers are coherent and in their natural order.</p> <p>4. Evidence (§ 587*) — Suspicious Circumstances — Sufficiency.</p> <p>Wrongdoing cannot be proved merely by suspicious circumstances.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>