Legal Opinion
Succession of Henderson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 28, 1904No. 14,770PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. In the matter of the succession of E. Fenner Henderson. From the judgment in favor of Jules A. Gauche, opponent, the executor appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
It appears from the record that E. F. Henderson died upon the night of August 10, 1900, leaving an olographic will, dated June 1, 1900, which reads, in part, as follows:
“I leave $33,000 of life insurance (less loans), which will be the major part of my estate. I have, in addition, $15,000, life insurance, payable to my brother, Sam Henderson, Jr., as trustee. I leave a letter to him v telling him how to use it and I want no one to interfere in its execution.”
The testator then appoints his brother executor, and, his death and the probate of the will having taken…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Succession of TrouillySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Fenner, Henderson & Fenner v. Succession of McCanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
3Cited by3 opinions
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