Succession of Pardo

Ambroise Pardo jjresented to the parish court oí Iberville, for probate, a written instrument, purporting to be a copy of the last will of Jean Pardo, which, it is alleged, was lost.

The heirs at law of Jean Pardo opposed the' probating, on the following grounds:

That the requisite number of witnesses did not sign the will, as Forester Pardo, one of the subscribing witnesses, was not a resident of the parish of Orleans, the place where the will was made; and Alex. Kelly, another of the subscribing witnesses, did not speak or understand French, in which language the testament was written.

That…