Succession of Lapene

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Appellees, who allege themselves to be the heirs of Jules Lapene, have moved to dismiss this appeal by the public administrator for the Parish of Orleans.

According to the record in this case, Jules Lapene died in New Orleans on April 6, 1889, leaving a will in nuncupative form by public act under which his two natural children, Jules and Anne, were to receive one-fourth of his property and his legitimate 'brothers and sisters the balance of his estate. Apparently his will was probated a short time after his death, and over the years his estate was administered by various…