Texada v. Spence

Certain heirs of Mrs. Mattie Texada Neal sued to annul her will so far as it constitutes Walter L. Spence her residuary legatee and appoints him testamentary executor. The court below rejected their demands, and they have appealed.

The facts are as follows, viz.:

Walter D. Spence and Mrs. Sarilla O. Spence were husband and wife and lived together as such at the matrimonial domicile in the parish of Natchitoches. During her temporary absence on a visit to relatives in the state of Illinois, upon the fraudulent allegation that her departure was permanent, and that prior thereto she had been…