Succession of Desforges
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Ered D. King, Judge. Succession of Leonce Desforges. Suit by Mrs. Angela Sicard and another attacking the will. Demands of the Hibernia Bank & Trust Company, ^dative tutor of Alma Desforges, a minor, and of Lester Desforges, were rejected in a judgment compelling them to collate certain sums, and the bequest to Mrs. Marie Oleptie Maxent, widow of Leonce Desforges, was reduced, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Leonce Desforges, who had been twice married, died in 1911, leaving a widow, in community, children and grandchildren, a small estate, and an olographic will whereby he bequeathed the estate to the widow, and appointed her execu*52trix. The children and grandchildren of the first marriage were: Angela, wife of Charles A. Sicard; Leonce; Emma, wife of E. S. Rapier; Stella, wife of John J. O’Neill — children of full age — Alma and Lester, minor children of a predeceased son Charles; and George, Walter, Edna, Cecelia, and Robert, minor children of a predeceased…
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