Succession of Kernan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
JP PPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans — King,
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
Statement op the Case.
Nicholls, O. I. B. A. Kernan, the settlement of whose succession has given rise to the present litigation, left a will by which he made a number of special legacies, the largest being to Archbishop Jannsens and his successors in office. There was a provision in .the will revoking *594the legacy of any legatee who should contest any part of the will. Under the impression that the deceased had died intestate, the succession was placed under administration, Bernard J. Kernan being appointed administrator and B. Bruenn…
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