Female Orphan Society v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred Durieve King, Judge. Action by the Female Orphan Society against the Young Men’s Christian Association. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
The plaintiff, the Female Orphan Society, is an incorporated charitable institution intended to be perpetual. *279Julian Poydras, in 1817, made to it a donation inter vivos pure and simple of certain real estate, with no condition attached, except that the property should never be alienated. Recently, defendant agreed to buy a part of the property, but, on discovering the presence of this condition in plaintiff’s title, refused to carry out the agreement, and this suit is to compel it to do so.
Plaintiff contends that the condition of inalienability attached to the donation is contrary to public…
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