Succession of Uthoff

Plaintiffs instituted this suit to set aside the judgment placing the residuary legatee in possession of the property of the late Henry Uthoff on the ground that the legatee failed to make any provision for the satisfaction of their unliquidated claims against Uthoff's succession which are in litigation.

The defendant filed a number of exceptions, the only ones which did not pass out of the case in the lower court being those of lis pendens and of no cause and no right of action. From the judgment of the lower court maintaining the plea of lis pendens and dismissing their suit, the plaintiffs…