Succession of Dielman

DAWKINS, j.

William H. Dielman died testate, and in his will, after making certain specific bequests, left the residue of his estate to his wife and an adopted daughter. There were no children of the blood but deceased left a mother and sister. The will was duly probated, and Mrs. Mary M. Dielman, mother of deceased, intervened in the succession, claiming to be a forced heir, and asked that the will be annulled in so far as it affected her légitime of one-third of the entire estate.

The wife and adopted daughter took the position that, first, the mother was not a forced heir because of the…