In re the Succession of Jones

SARTAIN, Judge.

At issue in this cause is the position of administrator of the succession of Martha Matthews Jones. Mrs. Jones died intestate at her domicile in the Parish of Livingston on September 9, 1973. She was survived by her husband, George N. Jones, from whom she was judicially separated, one major and four minor children.

Initially decedent’s succession was opened on November 16, 1973, on the petition of her brother, Clarence Matthews, a *701resident of Mississippi. Attached to his petition was an inventory and appraisement dated September 25, 1973. An order was signed by the district…