Legal Opinion
Succession of Hutchinson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 25, 1904No. 14,900PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Suit by Edward A. Hutchinson and another against the executors of the will of Alexander C. .Hutchinson, deceased, to set aside a certain paragraph of the will. From a decree upholding the will, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPbovosty, J.
This suit is brought by the brother and the sister of the late A. C. Hutchinson to annul the following provision of his will:
“After the above named gifts and bequests may have been paid or provided for, subject to such codicils as I may hereafter make or add to this will and for which due provision shall be made, I give the balance of my estate, real and personal, to the Tulane University of Louisiana, for the sole and exclusive benefit of its Medical Department; the abject of this bequest is to create a fund to be used in increasing the efficiency of the Medical Department of the Tulane…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ex parte WhitwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Acklen v. FranklinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1852
- State v. Executors of McDonoghSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1853
- Succession of MeunierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Succession of VanceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Succession of PizzatiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Succession of FeitelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Guillory v. Administrators of the Tulane University of LouisianaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1962
- Ingram v. Texas Christian UniversityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Harris v. Louisiana State Normal CollegeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
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