Succession of Burnside
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; Mom-oe, J... The olographic will of John Burnside, written in April, 1857, and established after his death in 1881, was executed, that he might “ dispose of all his worldly estate,” by that, “his last will and testament,” after his death. He had no living ascendants nor descendants, nor kindred, to he objects of care.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; Mom-oe, J... The olographic will of John Burnside, written in April, 1857, and established after his death in 1881, was executed, that he might “ dispose of all his worldly estate,” by that, “his last will and testament,” after his death. He had no living ascendants nor descendants, nor kindred, to he objects of care. His bequests consist of $312,000 of money, and a square of land, distributed among twenty» six individuals or charitable institutions, in particular legacies to partners, employees, friends, children of friends and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Manning, J.
John Burnside died on June 29, 1881. Shortly thereafter his will was admitted to probate and was ordered to be executed. It begins thus:
New Orleans, April 28th, 1857.
I, John Burnside, being of sound mind and body, but mindful of the uncertainty of life, do by this my last Will and Testament, dispose of all my worldly estate, as follows :
Eighteen numbered clauses then follow, the first fifteen of which contain legacies to several persons and charitable institutions. The last three are in these words :
16. I do nominate and appoint Oliver…
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