Succession of Wallis

ROGERS, Justice.

Mrs. Emma Berthelot Wallis, widow of William W. Wallis, died in New Orleans leaving a will executed in olographic form, which was duly probated. The testatrix, after making four special bequests, closed her will with the following clause: “Regarding a Memorial hall or room and the residue of my estate I have given full instructions to Trist Wood whom I make executor of my Will.”

The plaintiffs, as nearest of kin and the sole surviving heirs of Mrs. Wallis, filed a joint petition in which they prayed that the quoted clause of her will, except as to the appointment of the…