Sickles v. City of New Orleans
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In 1856, Simon Van Antwerp Sickles, formerly a -resident of the city of New Orleans, state of Louisiana, but then a resident of the state of New York, departed this life, leaving an olographic will, executed on the 30th day of July, 1855, as follows: “I, Simon Y. Sickles, late of the city of New Orleans, now residing in the village of Nyack, county of Rockland and state of New York,…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In 1856, Simon Van Antwerp Sickles, formerly a -resident of the city of New Orleans, state of Louisiana, but then a resident of the state of New York, departed this life, leaving an olographic will, executed on the 30th day of July, 1855, as follows: “I, Simon Y. Sickles, late of the city of New Orleans, now residing in the village of Nyack, county of Rockland and state of New York, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, but being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, Circuit Judge
Under the will of Simon Van Antwerp Sickles, there is no estate to vest in his heirs at law on the failure of any charitable bequest therein named. The intention of the testator in this respect is clear. Aside from bequeathing to the municipal authorities of the city of Hew Orleans all the rest and residue of his estate, both real and personal, wherever situated, to be appropriated to the establishment of a city dispensary for the gratuitous dispensing of medicines and medical advice to the poor of said city, the will provides that, in the event that any of the specific charitable bequests…
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