Legal Opinion
Woods v. Society for Propagation of Faith of Archdiocese of New Orleans, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 30, 1971No. Nos. 8439, 8440PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SARTAIN, Judge.
These consolidated actions are concerned with attempts to invalidate donations inter vivos and mortis causa made by Joseph Louis Ruhl, now deceased.
By an act of donation dated January 24, 1958, the decedent donated the entirety of his estate to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Archdiocese of New Orleans, (hereinafter referred to as the Society), said estate consisting of extensive landholdings in the Parishes of Orleans and St. Tammany. Ancilliary to the act of donation was an agreement between Mr. Ruhl and the Society by which the donor, in essence, retained the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McCarty v. TrichelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Succession of FranzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Rostrup v. Succession of SpicerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Succession of StaffordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Succession of HollandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Succession of BushLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
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- Bourgeois v. HanoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
- Woods v. Society for Propagation of Faith of Archdiocese of New Orleans, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1971