State ex rel. Dauphin v. Ellis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

• The facts upon which this application is predicated are,, substantially, as follows:

Cecelia Choppin, widow in community of M. A. Dauphin, died in *5221883, but her succession was not opened. In 1887, Dauphin married Rosa LaBranche, with whom he lived, also in community, until his death, in 1890. There were no children of either marriage, and the decedent, by his last will, after a legacy- of 100,000 francs to his mother, and a few other legacies, named his surviving widow as his universal legatee, and appointed her and Paul Conrad his…