Girod's Legatees v. Pargoud

The facts out of which the litigation in this case arises are substantially as follows-:

C'uaad Frangois Girod, a resident of the parish of Assumption, in this State, died in the year 1813, leaving a last will and testament, by which (after making certain particular legacies) he bequeathed the bulk and residue of his estate in equal shares to eight of his brothers and sisters. One of these brothers, by name Jean Frangois Girod, died subsequently, leaving a will; by which he constituted, as his universal legatee, his brother, who bore the same name with himself. Thus the surviving Jean Frangois…