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ID: 3081 ~ Source: The Times Picayune. June 22, 1847: 2.

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

In 1847, the legal dispute over Judge Martin's will "excited much interest" and "the decision has been considered of great importance by the public."

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…