Duriaux v. Doiron

The petitioner, the husband of the late Ursule Duriaux, claims one-fourth of her succession as his marital portion, alleging that he is an aged man of sixty years, in necessitous circumstances; that his wife died, without issue, either from her marriage with him, or her first marriage with Jean Landry, her former husband, and that her succession is worth more than ten thousand dollars. He further alleges that the defendants, who are the collateral heirs of his wife, who brought no dowry into the marriage, have accepted absolutely the succession of Ursule Duriaux, have caused an inventory of…