Rizzotto v. Grima

Bernardo Rizzotto, a citizen of Italy, died intestate at his residence in the parish of Iberia in the year 1903. Surviving him were a widow, Prangeska Conzonella Rizzotto, and two minor children living in Italy. At the time of his death, the deceased owned a small tract of land situated in the parish of Iberia. This property, which was burdened with a mortgage of $100, had been sold for taxes. The succession of the de cujus was opened July 24,1923, by the clerk of court, who applied to be appointed administrator thereof under the provisions of Act 153 of 1900, providing a method for…