Succession of Gardiner

WATSON, Judge.

James Ware Gardiner, a resident of Connecticut, died in Nevada, on November 6, 1976. His niece, Katherine Garrison Brewer, was appointed administratrix of his Louisiana estate on December 6, 1976. The three executors named in Gardiner’s will, Charlotte Tucker, Albert Krafcheck and Aaron R. Frosch, filed a petition December 17, 1976, for Louisiana probate of the foreign testament and their appointment as ancillary executors. They had previously been confirmed as executors by a Connecticut probate court. Charlotte Tucker was appointed Louisiana agent for service of process by the…