Succession of Andrus

HIGGINS, Justice.

Mrs. Belva Andrus, as the widow of the deceased, claimed the marital one-fourth under the provisions of article 2382 of the Revised Civil Code, and, in the alternative, the widow’s dowry of $1,000, under the provisions of article 3252 of the Revised Civil Code, by opposing the final account of the administrator, who was willing to recognize her as the widow in necessitous circumstances, entitled to $1,000, but refused to place her on the account for the marital one-fourth.

The administrator and the heirs, who had been made parties to the rule filed by the widow against the…