Succession of Foucher

The last will of Mrs. Foucher contains the following olause: “I name for my heirs and universal legatees, 1st : My brother, Frangois Saulet; 2. The children of my brother, Balthazar Saulet; 3d. The children of my late sister, Mrs. Y. DeGruy; 4th. And the children of my other sister, the late Mrs. A. Foucher, Jr., such as the law itself has provided for “ ainsi que la loi l’ordonne.”

Frangois Saulet, one of the named legatees, having died before the testatrix, her executor regarding the bequest to him as lapsed, under Artiole 1690 of the Civil Code, filed a tableau in which he distributed the…