Succession of Badeaux

13This appeal from a judgment rendered in a succession proceeding concerns the payment of federal estate taxes in accordance with a testamentary clause directing that payment be made from cash the testator died possessed of. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court judgment.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Viola Mae Tabor Badeaux died testate on June 21, 2003. Mrs. Badeaux’s husband predeceased her, and she had no surviving children to inherit from her substantial estate. Mrs. Badeaux’s will provided for numerous particular legatees and named four universal legatees. Of the four…