Legal Opinion
Miller v. Hirsch
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 30, 1903No. 14,448PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by Hattie W. Miller and others against Nathan Hirsch. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The matter involved in this case is the interpretation of the following legacy:
“I devise to my three grandnieces, of Birmingham. Alabama, viz.: Ada Johnston, Eloise Johnston, and Emma Lou Johnston, my three (3) unimproved lots lying next to the corner of Crockett street and Marshall avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana, share and share alike.”
At the time-of making this will, Mrs. Mason owned three lots fronting on Crockett street. They were lot 16, at the corner of Crockett street and Marshall avenue; lot 15, next to lot 16; and then, skipping lot 14, lot 13 — all fronting on Crockett street. Lot…
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