Succession of Todd

ON REHEARING.

LECHE, J.

Omitting numerous irrelevant details and conclusions of fact and of law, the pertinent facts alleged in plaintiffs’ petition are substantially as follows:

James Todd died in the Parish of St. Tammany in the year 1913, leaving several children, all of whom were then minors. He was married but individually owned at the time of his death, some lands situated in the parish where he died. The widow of Todd who was the mother of his children and only heirs, was regularly appointed and qualified as administratrix of the succession. She subsequently prayed for and obtained an…