Legal Opinion

Succession of Thilborger

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 17, 1958No. 43425PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This is a suit instituted by the collateral heirs of Mrs. Louise Bartels Thilborger to have a provision of her last will and testament declared null as constituting a prohibited substitution. The provision of the will under attack reads:

“(1) To Edward J. Thilborger my dear husband I give devise and bequeath the use of the Lodge and harbor, and cottages and the Louise Plantation as long as he lives and at his death to be given to the Charity Hospital to be used as a convalescent home to bring the sick for fresh air and regain their strength,”

The lower court rendered judgment…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Succession of FertelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  2. Succession of LedbetterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  3. Succession of RougonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  4. Succession of HeftSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  5. Succession of BlossomSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Succession of SimmsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
  2. In Re Succession of MeadorsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  3. Succession of GoodeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. Succession of MerrittLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
  5. Succession of GoodeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981

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