Succession of Gee

Mary A. Gee died on the eleventh December, 1873, in the parish of Claiborne, intestate, leaving in that parish a succession appraised by inventory to near seven thousand dollars, and it does not appear there were any debts against it. The decedent left no heirs in the ascending or descending line. On the thirteenth of the same month the public administrator of the parish made application to the parish court to be appointed to administer the succession, alleging as grounds for his appointment, that Mrs. Gee “died without leaving any will, and left no heirs present or represented.” There was no…