Succession of Carroll

ROGERS, Justice.

The record in this case, which is brought here on certiorari, discloses the following facts, viz.:

Mary Washington died testate in the city of New Orleans on April 11, 1934, and on July 18, 1934, James Washington, a son of the decedent, qualified as testamentary executor. On July 26, 1935, Stella Washington, wife of Joseph Braquet, a daughter of the decedent, filed a rule against the executor, James Washington, to show cause why he should not be removed from office, on the ground that He had permitted a year to elapse without performing any act of administration and without…