Legal Opinion
Bourke v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 15, 1886No. 9689PublishedCited by 6 opinions
APPEAL from the Ninth District Court, Parish of Concordia.' Young, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Manning, J.
This case involves the validity of a will.
Hughes Wilson died in October, 1884, without any hut collateral heirs and bequeathed the hulk of his property to Eugenia Wilson, one of the defendants. The plaintiffs are the administrator and some of the heirs of the deceased. Hughes Wilson and the other defendant J. M. Wilson were planting-partners in the cultivation of a place called Moro, and J. M. Wilson is also the husband of Eugenia.
Pending the application for probate of the will, the plaintiffs brought this suit to recover the property left…
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