Succession of Scott

HAMITER, Justice.

Maggie Smith Scott, widow of Lloyd Scott, deceased, filed a petition in this succession proceeding praying for a judgment decreeing her to be the owner of the entire estate left by the decedent (as his surviving widow in community and sole heir) and ordering that she be sent into possession of it. Made defendants were the decedent’s collateral heirs.

The district court denied the demands of plaintiff, exceptions of no right and no cause of action having been sustained, and she is appealing.

According to the petition, the documents annexed thereto, and a stipulation of counsel,…