Succession of Washington

Reuben Washington died, testate, at his domicile in Morgan City, parish of St. Mary, on April 6, 1922, leaving a widow, Betty Washington. By his will,' made in nuncupative form by public act, he constituted his widow his universal legatee.

Plaintiffs sued, in his succession, to be recognized as his children and sole heirs, to have his widow declared not to have been his legal wife, and to set aside his. will. Their demand whs rejected, and they have appealed.

Plaintiffs claim to be the issue, of a slave marriage contracted between Reuben Washington and Josephine Richard, with the consent of…