Succession of Dyer

HIGGINS, Justice.

Plaintiff, as widow of the deceased claimed, under the provisions of Act No. 160 of 1920, the undivided one-half of the community of acquets and gains belonging to him, alleging that there were no descendants or ascendants, and that he had died intestate. The defendant minor, through her tutor ad hoc, answered, averring that she is the duly adopted daughter of the deceased and, as such, entitled to his undivided one-half interest in the community of acquets and gains which existed between the deceased and his wife.

Counsel for plaintiff contended that the notarial act of…