Succession of Barry

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

Denis A. Barry died testate on December "8, 1963, leaving surviving him his widow, Ruth Herron Barry, and two children by .a previous marriage.1 In a statutory will2 executed July 7, 1960, decedent provided for •various particular legacies, including $10,-000 to his sister, Lillian M. Barry Walker, and $5,000 to his niece, Adele Walker Dominguez. He left the remainder of his estate to his wife, naming his partner, Clifton A. Morvant, to be executor with full seizin and without bond.3 In so far as pertinent here, as reflected by codicils to the will recited in Footnote…