MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNCIL, INC. v. FORD

No. 52230.

274 So.2d 173 (1973)

MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNCIL, INC., BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA et al. v. Ralph M. FORD et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Kimball, Patin, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, G. Allan Kimball, William M. Nolen, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-applicants.

Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Mathews, Robert C. Taylor, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Victor A. Sachse, Paul M. Hebert, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Leslie G. Boxwell executed his last will and testament in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 10, 1954. A series of codicils were later added, the last on February 16, 1957. Several special bequests were contained in the will. Nashville Council Boy Scouts of America, Trustees of the Nashville Boy Scout Foundation, and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, were made residuary legatees. John J. Hooker was named executor of the will.

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