Succession of Hostetter
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Judicial settlement of the succession of • Samuel C. I-Iostet'ter. A rule having been granted against the widow to show cause why her inventory as administratrix should not be corrected so as to include certain lots, and having been made absolute, she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
S. C. Hostetter died intestate in 1910, leaving a surviving widow, who was appointed administratrix of his succession. There were no children of the marriage, and the husband’s estate was inherited by his brother and sisters. It appears that three lots of ground pixrchased during the ixiarriage were excluded from the succession inventory on the objection of the widow, and that subsequently the heirs at law ruled the widow to have the inventory corrected so as to include said lots. Eor answer to the rule the widow admitted that two of the lot's beloxiged to the community, but averred that the…
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