Pires v. Youree

On July 12,1916, L. A. Pires made his will, by the terms of which, after making other bequests and legacies, he gave and bequeathed to Mrs. Bettie Scott Youree certain real estate in Shreveport, La., in trust, with the request that the net income thereof “shall be used by her in charitable work in Shreveport, Louisiana, as she in her wisdom may determine wise and prudent,” with the right in her to name her successor; and in case of her failure to do so; then suc-h successor should be named by one of the district judges of Cad-do parish “to the end that this trust shall be perpetuated.”

Pires…