Succession of Moody

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

Benjamin F. Roumain having dismissed his suit to have his niece’s will set aside on grounds of forgery and insanity, at his (plaintiff’s) cost, the defendant named therein, Thomas Franklin Moody, universal legatee under the will, sought to have various expenses incurred by him preparatory to the trial of the case fixed as costs, among which were expert witness fees paid three medical doctors and a handwriting expert whose depositions were taken; the notarial fee and reporting costs in connection with the taking of said depositions; services rendered by Hannis T.…