Succession of Kalish

This controversy is between George Malnar, stepfather of the deceased, John P. Kalish, who applied to be appointed administrator of the succession in his capacity as a creditor of the estate, and one Myrtle Everette, who alleged that she had been lawfully married to the decedent, and, as his surviving spouse or wife, was entitled to the appointment in preference to any other claimant or heir. She avers that she and the decedent were married before Justice of the Peace Trauth at Gretna, La., on December 3, 1930, and produces proof thereof in the form of a certified copy of the marriage…