Sterkx v. Sterkx

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a suit instituted by the mother and four of the six brothers and sisters of the late Joseph Sterkx, Jr., against the executor of his will and the universal legatee thereunder, Mrs. Ruby White Sterkx, his surviving widow, to set aside his last will and to have themselves declared to be his legal heirs and as such sent into possession of his property.

While this case was pending on appeal here, Mrs. Helen Sterkx Bordelon and Mrs. Jennie Sterkx Bordelon (decedent’s two sisters who had not joined their mother and brothers and sisters in the institution of this suit) filed…