Prevost v. Martel

Simon J.

The petition represents that the plaintiffs, together with Emilie Prevost, the widow Majastre, are the only- legitimate heirs of one Maurice Prevost, who died in March, 1843, leaving an olographic will, which was subsequently opened and proved by proceedings had before the Court of Probates; that the deceased, by his said will or testament, bequeathed a *514certain portion of his immovable property to one Florestine Cé~ cile, a free woman of color, and all his moveable estate to one Clarisse, also a free woman of color, and that these legacies', together with the emancipation of several…