Board of Control for Lepers' Home v. Benedictine Fathers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Briinot, Judge. Suit by the Board of Control for the Lepers’ Home of Louisiana against the Benedictine Fathers of Covington and others, to set aside a codicil of the will of Mrs. J. M. Parker, deceased. Judgment for the defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The board of control of the Lepers’ Home brings this suit, through the Attorney General, to set aside a codicil to the will of Mrs. J. M. Parker, deceased. In her will, Mrs. Parker made certain special legacies, and named five residuary or universal legatees, among them the plaintiff in this case. By a codicil, executed some two years later, she gave $25,000 to the Benedictine Fathers of Covington, La., $10,000 to Judge Frank McGloin, $2,000 to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Baton Rouge, and appointed two testamentary executors. The present s.uit is against these legatees and the testamentary…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Heirs of Hennessey v. WoulfeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
- Landry v. TomatisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
- Succession of CrouzeillesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Succession of SauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
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- Bihm v. BihmSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918