State v. Executors of McDonogh
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buohanam-, J. will of john McDonogh. In the Name oe God, Amen. I, John McDonogh, a native of the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, United States of America, now an inhabitant of the Town of MacDonog'h in the State of Louisiana, aware of the uncertainty of this mortal life, yet of sound mind and memory, for which, and all other blessings, thanks to Almighty God, do make this, my Olographic Will, as my last Will…
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Appeal from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buohanam-, J. will of john McDonogh. In the Name oe God, Amen. I, John McDonogh, a native of the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, United States of America, now an inhabitant of the Town of MacDonog'h in the State of Louisiana, aware of the uncertainty of this mortal life, yet of sound mind and memory, for which, and all other blessings, thanks to Almighty God, do make this, my Olographic Will, as my last Will and Testament, for the disposal of all my worldly property and effects, of every kind, of which I may die possessed, in…
1Opinion of the Court
Eustis, 0. J.
( Dunbau, J., concurring.) This appeal is taken by the State of Louisiana and the State of Maryland from judgments of the Court of the Eifth District of New Orleans. The judgment from which the State of Louisiana has appealed,'is general in favor of the defendants, for the reason that the State of Louisiana is not entitled to take, under the will of the late John McDonogh, the half of his estate, in the place and stead of the City of New Orleans.
The judgment from which the State of Maryland has appealed, dismisses the petition of intervention filed by that State, for the reasons…
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