FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 091

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The opinion(s) handed down on the 19th day of October, 1999 , are as follows:

PER CURIAM :

98-C - 2675 JOHN T. KILLEEN, JR. v. BRYANT JENKINS , DORIS JENKINS PETTIT, CHARLOTTE TAMMANY INVESTMENTS, J. STANLEY MIDDLETON, GREG MIDDLETON, AND MARGIE YATES JENKINS, TESTAMENTARY EXECUTRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF BRYANT JENKINS (Parish of St. Tammany)

For the reasons assigned, the judgment of the court of appeal dismissing the appeal of J. Stanley Middleton is reversed. The appeal is reinstated, and the case is remanded to the court of appeal for consideration on the merits.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.

TRAYLOR, J. - dissents and assigns reasons.