Presbytere, 1930s

ID: 3080 ~ Source: Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum.

This file appears in: The Final Will of Presiding Judge Francois-Xavier Martin

The Louisiana Supreme Court was located in the Presbytere when Judge Martin's Will was upheld in 1847. The Court had its home in the Presbytere from approximately 1822 to April 1853, before moving to the Cabildo, located on the opposite side of St. Louis Cathedral.

This file appears in: The Final Will of Presiding Judge Francois-Xavier Martin

The Final Will of Presiding Judge Francois-Xavier Martin

By Mary Ann Wegmann, The Law Library of Louisiana & University of New Orleans History Department

In June 1847, the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the olographic, or hand written, will of its deceased member Presiding Judge Francois-Xavier Martin, who served on the Court for 31 years until March 19, 1846. Judge Martin “retired unwillingly at the…