Legal Opinion
Succession of Tilton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 9, 1913No. 19,913PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans ; George H. Théard, Judge. Succession of Mrs. Caroline Stannard Til-ton, etc. From a judgment in favor of the East Louisiana Hospital for the Insane, the city of New Orleans and the intervening heirs of decedent appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The will of Mrs. Til-ton, of date July 10, 1908, after leaving nu*437merous legacies to relatives and friends, proceeds as follows:
“I give and bequeath to the Board ■of Commissioners of Audubon Park of New Orleans, the sum of $3,000.00 to be expended by them in beautifying that portion of the park that fronts upon the property of the Tulane University.
“To the Memorial to be erected to General Beauregard, $1,000.00
“To the Charity Hospital of New ■Orleans, $2,000.00
“To the Saint Anna’s Asylum,
“To the' Protestant Episcopal Orphan Asylum, Jackson Avenue, New ■Orleans, $2,000.00
“To the Home for…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Gilmer v. StoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Webster v. MorrisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- St. James Orphan Asylum v. ShelbyNebraska Supreme Court · 1900
- N.Y. Institution for the Blind v. . How's Ex'rs.New York Court of Appeals · 1854
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hessmer v. EdenbornSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word v. EmerySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- In re the Succession of BakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- In re Succession of MizellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Brown v. Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted MasonsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
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