Succession of Lecompte

ODOM, Justice.

Ambrose Lecompte died intestate in the Parish of Natchitoches, and Justin Cyriaque, a half-brother of the deceased, made application to the district court to be appointed administrator of the succession. Ambrosine Lecompte, a sister of the deceased, opposed the application of Cyriaque and prayed that she be appointed administratrix.

K. D. McCoy, alleging that he was cashier of the Bank of Cloutierville, which bank held a mortgage amounting to $88 -against the real estate belonging to the succession, opposed the applications of Justin ..Cyriaque and Ambrosine Lecompte, and prayed…