Sharp v. Knox
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAR PROM THE COURT OP THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. The petitioner and three descendants, instituted suit, in November, 1830, to recover from the defendant the succession of Eleanor O’Donogan, a deceased daughter, and the late wife of William G. Knox. Eleanor had bequeathed her estate to her husband.
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APPEAR PROM THE COURT OP THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. The petitioner and three descendants, instituted suit, in November, 1830, to recover from the defendant the succession of Eleanor O’Donogan, a deceased daughter, and the late wife of William G. Knox. Eleanor had bequeathed her estate to her husband. The plaintiffs alleged that Knox was incapable of inheriting, because of an emjjechement dirimant, the existence of a previous marriage in Ireland, and that the will was defective in many respects, both as to form and substance, and is null and void; and that Knox has…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
The plaintiff was mother and the defendant was the husband of Eleanor O’Donogan, deceased. The latter made her last will and testament, by which she instituted the defendant her universal heir. Difficulties arose between the parties in relation to the disposition of the testatrix’s property, and a suit was instituted to set the will aside. Pending this suit, the parties went before a notary and entered into an agreement, by which the plaintiff declared “that having heard' the said will and testament read, and having maturely deliberated on the contents thereof, in consideration of the good…
2Cited by1 opinion
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