Succession of Rose
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Oourt for the Parish of Morehouse. Potts, J. Mrs. Joan Rose, alleging herself to be. the widow of one William Rose, applied to be appointed administratrix of his succession, and that she be allowed one thousand dollars as his widow in necessitous circumstances.
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APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Oourt for the Parish of Morehouse. Potts, J. Mrs. Joan Rose, alleging herself to be. the widow of one William Rose, applied to be appointed administratrix of his succession, and that she be allowed one thousand dollars as his widow in necessitous circumstances. Mrs. Fannie E. Doles, a daughter of William Rose, by his prior marriage with Mary Jones, opposed this application for administration ; denied that the applicant was the widow of William Rose, and averred that if there was ever a marriage celebrated between Mrs. Joan Laing (applicant) and her…
1Opinion of the Court
*421The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls,.O. J.
The decree of the District Oonrt sought to be obtained by Mrs. Joan Laing was one appointing herself admininistra-trix of the succession of William Rose. She assigned merely as “grounds'’ upon which she based her application to that effect, that that succession was in debt (owing to herself, as the widow of the deceased, in necessitous circumstances, one thousand dollars) ; that she, as such widow, was entitled to the appointment. Opponent denied the necessity for an administration. In the event the court should order the appointment of…
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