Legal Opinion
Succession of Villa
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 31, 1913No. 19,211PublishedCited by 22 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. The admission of the will of Raphael G. Villa to probate was objected to, and from a decree annulling a bequest to Dr. J. C. Barr he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The deceased left a last will and testament executed before a notary public on January 14, 1911, by which, after making three special legacies, the testator bequeathed and devised the remainder of his property as follows:
“The balance of my estate to be given to Rev. J. C. Barr of the Presbyterian church, in New Orleans, to be used for the benefit of said church and any other good work Dr. Barr may see fit to use it for.”
The collateral heirs at law of the deceased opposed the probate of the testament on the grounds, among others, that the bequest to Dr. Barr was a prohibited disposition, a…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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