Succession of Sloane

Robert Lassitee, alleging himself to be the surviving husband of Rm'melia Sloane, deceased, and tutor of their minor child, Len Moore Lassitee, applied for letters of administration upon her succession.

William O. Jones and Belamare Young, wife of Mugh, Young, children and. heirs of age of Farmelia Sloane, opposed the application, alleging a better right in themselves. Their opposition was sustained and Robert Lassitee has appealed.

In this court, the counsel for Robert Lassitee (who is now the provisional administrator under an appointment by the Clerk of the District Court) has suggested the…