Succession of Hawk

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

REYNOLDS, J.

This is a proceeding by rule by Mrs. Sadie Hawk, widow of Willie A. Hawk, deceased, against G. L. Hawk as administrator of the succession of the deceased, alleging that she was, at the time of the death of her husband, in necessitous circumstances, and demanding to be paid one thousand dollars out of his succession as widow in necessitous circumstances pursuant to Article 3252 of the Civil Code.

The administrator, defendant in rule, denied that the widow was in necessitous circumstances or that she was so at the time of her husband’s death and alleged that she…