Legal Opinion
Succession of Quillou
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 1969No. 3399Published
1Opinion of the Court
GARDINER, Judge.
The legal heirs of the late Miss Ellenora V. Quillou brought suit to annul the following residuary legacy in her olographic will:
“I leve unto the New Orleans Libry the residue of my estate provided they *652place a Memoriam Plaque, In the name of my Brother, Theophile A. Quillou.”
The plaintiffs aver first that the name of the residuary legatee is uncertain; secondly that the disposition in the will is too indefinite, and lastly that if the testatrix intended to give the residue of her estate to the New Orleans Public Library, it lacks capacity under state law to receive the legacy…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Robbins v. New Orleans Public LibraryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Klein v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Duke of Richmond v. Milne's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
- Succession of ShepardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Hiestand v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859