Succession of Rome

CHEHARDY, Judge.

This appeal is an attempt to annul a statutory will, because one of the legatees was the notary public before whom it was executed. The district court found the will valid because the notary had renounced the legacies by authentic act. The opponents of the will have appealed.

Margaret St. Pierre Rome, widow of Frelson Rome, died on December 10, 1983. She left no forced heirs. Her statutory will, dated October 8, 1981, underwent ex parte probate on December 14, 1983. The testatrix made special legacies of $50,000 each to four charitable organizations (ap-pellees herein), smaller…