Succession of Koppel

Jacob Koppel died in the city of New Orleans on July 21, 1912. The succession of the decedent was duly opened in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, and his will ordered registered and executed. On August 16, 1912, the testamentary executor, and certain legatees under the will of the testator, namely, Mrs. Bertha Landry Koppel, •the testator’s widow, and Mrs. Louise Koppel Guillard and Miss Ophelia Koppel, the testator’s sisters, took a rule in the succession proceedings against the then collector of inheritance taxes for the parish of Orleans to fix the inheritance tax due by…