Succession of Watkins

This is an appeal from a judgment appointing an administrator of a succession. The appellant is the widow of the deceased, J. B. Watkins. She claims that the succession does not owe any debts, and that the appointment' of an administrator imposes unnecessary expense upon her. The appellees are the collateral heirs of the deceased, inheriting his separate estate, and the sheriff, in his capacity of collector of inheritance taxes. There are no heirs in the ascending ' or descending line. The widow therefore inherits her husband’s half of the property belonging to the marital community, and owns…