Succession of Tacon

FOURNET, Justice.

This matter is now before us for the third time on an appeal by the surviving widow of the deceased from the judgment of the lower court in an effort to have her rights and claims as widow in necessitous circumstances established and recognized.

The deceased, Edward L. Tacon, died intestate on May 19, 1936, leaving surviving him a widow, Mrs. Leonora Dupuy Tacon, and also a son and daughter, both majors, issue of a previous marriage, as his sole and only heirs at law. On the joint petition of the heirs, the succession was duly opened to probate; an inventory of the assets of…