Succession of Rageur

This case involves only a question of fact. The deceased was 83 years of age and had never married. He left an estate aggregating over $90,000, out of which he willed some $36,000 in special legacies, including a legacy of $14,000 to one, J. O. Blanchet, whom he named as his executor. The balance he left to his brother, Laurent Rageur.

Included in the inventory of his estate was a mortgage note for $7,840, executed by said J. O. Blanchet, who, however, protested at the time said note did not form part of the succession, having been remitted by the deceased before his death.

This is a proceeding…