Succession of King

McBRIDE, Judge.

The decedent, who had his domicile in the City of New Orleans, died intestate on February 11, 1958, at the East Louisiana Hospital, Jackson, Louisiana, where he was temporarily confined. His succession was opened twice in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, firstly on November 10, 1966, by the asignee of an alleged heir who prayed for an administration, and secondly on November 17, 1966, by L. J. Scanlon, the Public Administrator for the Parish of Orleans, who also sought to provoke an administration. In the latter proceedings, without a contradictory hearing,…