Succession of Anderson

JANVIER, Judge.

This case presents only one question and that, one of law: Can a forced heir, a daughter who, in the will of her father, is not recognized as an heir, and who, by successful litigation against the executrix of her father’s estate, secures recognition as a forced heir, be compelled to pay a pro rata part, or, in fact, any portion of the fee of the attorneys employed by the executrix to resist the claim of the heir?

In the district court there was judgment in favor of the heir, Mrs. Irene Anderson Delsa, holding that she is not liable for any part of the fee referred to above. The…