Legal Opinion

Succession of Maginnis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 25, 1925No. 26872PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

On November 9, 1922, William T. Maginnis departed this life at his domicile in the city of New Orleans. Decedent died without ascendants or descendants, and disposed of his estate by nuncupative will by public act. After making a number of special legacies, including one to Alexander Schwarz, his faithful nurse, of $3,000, and another to Mrs. George Rose, the sister of decedent, of his “personal jewelry and effects,” the testator bequeathed the remainder of his estate to his niece, Gwendolyn Rose, and to his nephew, Reginald Rose, the children of his sister, Mrs. George Rose, née Josephine…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Succession of RushaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925

3Cited by12 opinions

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