Succession of Strauss
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for tlie Parish of Orleans, Houston, J. 1. The will of Jacob Strauss contained the following clauses: “I give all I may die possessed of to my grandchildren, Charles E. S. Cass and Isabella A. Cass. The giving to them to be conditioned on their attaining the age of majority.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for tlie Parish of Orleans, Houston, J. 1. The will of Jacob Strauss contained the following clauses: “I give all I may die possessed of to my grandchildren, Charles E. S. Cass and Isabella A. Cass. The giving to them to be conditioned on their attaining the age of majority. In case either of them die before attaining tbe age of majority, then the part or portion given as above conditioned to accrue to the survivor likewise conditioned on such survivor attaining the age of majority. The true intent being to make my said grandchildren ray universal legatees…
1Opinion of the Court
'The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
The controversy presented by the pleadings in this case involves the question of the validity of the olographic will of the late Jacob Strauss, which is of the following tenor:
“ This is my last will and testament, entirely written, dated and signed by me, New Orleans, September 20, 1882:
“I give all I may die possessed of to my two grandchildren, Charles Edward Stanislaus Cass and Isabella Amanda Cass, the children of my deceased daughter, Marie Louise Cass. The giving to them to be conditioned on their attaining the age of majority. In case…
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