Succession of Williams

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Estella Temple, wife of Clarence B. Franklin, instituted this suit for a declaratory judgment recognizing her to be the sole owner of certain real property in the City of New Orleans.1 Her suit was dismissed on exception of no right or cause of action filed by the attorney for the nonresident John Headley, Jr., named defendant in the suit. This appeal followed.

The record in the instant case does not affirmatively show that the value of the property in contest exceeds $2,000, and consequently this court is without appellate jurisdiction. Art. 7, Sec. 10, La.Const. of 1921;…