SUCCESSION OF SMITH

No. 2593.

219 So.2d 291 (1969)

Succession of John B. SMITH. Irene Hanks SMITH, Plaintiff and Appellant in Rule, v. Rodney SMITH, Defendant and Appellee in Rule.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene H. Lawes, of Bass & Lawes, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Domengeaux, Wright & Bienvenu, by D. Mark Bienvenu, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

A brother was appointed administrator of a decedent's estate. The widow files these proceedings to revoke this appointment, alleging that she instead was entitled to administer her husband's estate. The trial court dismissed her rule to revoke the brother's appointment. The widow appeals.

The facts briefly are: The decedent John B. Smith was killed on April 11, 1967. Thirteen days later (April 24), his brother filed an ex parte petition and secured...

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