Legal Opinion

Succession of Kernan

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 15, 1899No. 12,937PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. King, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

This appeal is by the executors of the deceased Bernard A. Kernan, from the judgment in favor of.the legal heirs of the deceased annulling the disposition of his will in favor of the Archbishop of the Diocese of Louisiana and his successors, of certain property, the revenues of which were directed by the testator to the founding and support of an asylum for the poor.

The legacy assailed is:

“Furthermore, in like manner and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and described, I give, devise and bequeath to His Grace, Archbishop Janssens, now of…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Queensborough Land Co. v. CazeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  2. Succession of ReillySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  3. In Re Succession of Abraham.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  4. Female Orphan Society v. Young Men's Christian Ass'nSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  5. Succession of MeunierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899

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