Succession of Maguire

PONDER, Justice.

John B. Maguire, surviving brother and presumptive heir of Miss Agnes T. Maguire, deceased, brought suit seeking to have cer tain provisions in the decedent’s will declared invalid. The trustees named in the will and the executor interposed exceptions of no right or cause of action. The trial court sustained the exceptions and dismissed the suit. John B. Maguire has appealed.

The decedent left two olographic wills dated July 24, 1948. Both testaments, after making several bequests, contained identical provisions disposing of the residuary estate of the deceased in the following…