Succession of Rabouin

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether the unpaid balance of the consideration for an annuity contract, at the time of the death of the annuitant, should be paid to the named beneficiary, without regard for the law of forced heirship, or must be considered as belonging to the estate of the annuitant for the purpose of computing the disposable portion of his estate. There are two such annuity contracts in this case. The judge of’the civil district court decided that the unpaid balance of the consideration for the annuities belonged to the estate of the annuitant. The…