State v. Judge of the Court of Probates of New Orleans

The applicant states that he is the universal legatee of James Lally, whose will was ordered to be registered in the Court of Probates of the city of New Orleans, and to be executed ; (referring us to 1 Robinson, 269,) and that the will was accordingly registered and ordered to be executed, by the Judge of the Probate Court. He further represents that he has offered to the Court of Probates proof of his personal identity, and of his right to be recognized as the universal legatee of the estate, and has petitioned that court to be recognized as such and to be put in possession of the estate,…