Succession of Lewis

ODOM, Justice.

Agnes E. Lewis, a daughter of John B. Lewis, deceased, presented to Hon. James D. Simon, judge of the district court of Iberia parish, an instrument purporting to be the last will and testanient of the said John B. Lewis, made in olographic form, in order that the same might be proved and admitted to probate. She alleged that the purported will could not be proved by witnesses residing in the parish of Iberia, where the deceased died and left his estate, and that the only witnesses by whom proof could be made reside in the city of New Orleans. She further alleged that the…