Succession of Reilly
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. In the matter of the succession of John Reilly. Suit to annul a bequest, by collateral heirs of John Reilly against the brothers and sisters of Bishop Thomas Heslin, deceased, wherein Thomas Regan, executor, was nominally a codefendant. From judgment for plaintiffs decreeing the bequest void, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
In the will of John Reilly dated the 10th of April, 1908, after numerous special legacies to his collateral relations in this country, appears the following bequest, viz.:
“And the balance of whatever I may die possessed of I give and bequeath unto Bishop Thomas Heslin, to be distributed as he sees fit among my people in Ireland and for the further education of Thomas Regan, hereby instituting Bishop Heslin my sole heir and universal legatee.”
The testator died at his domicile in New Orleans on the 26th of December, 1908, and his will was admitted to probate on the 14th of January, 1909.
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