Legal Opinion
In Re Succession of Milne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 11, 1956No. 42640PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VIOSCA, Justice ad hoc.
Alexandér Milne, a Scotch immigrant to New Orleans, who later became a great philanthropist and a benefactor of the poor, died in 1838. He left a will, drawn when he was ninety-four years of age, which was dated October 17, 1836 and probated October 23, 1838. It contained a series of particular legacies and the following donations, which are the subject matter of this controversy:
“It is my positive will and intention, that an Asylum for Destitute Orphan Boys, and another Asylum for the relief of Destitute Orphan Girls, shall be established at Milneburg, in this Parish,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Succession of FertelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Succession of LambertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- National Bank of Greece v. SavarikaMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- State v. Executors of McDonoghSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1853
- Succession of RougonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re Succession of Abraham.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Loats Female Orphan Asylum v. EssomCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
- Succession of McCarronSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
- Succession of McCarronSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
- Bonner v. Board of TrusteesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
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