Succession of Johnson

RGOTHARD, Judge.

Robert Johnson appeals an ex parte judgment of possession in the succession of his wife, Mildred Crockett Johnson. This action began on September 18, 1997 with the filing of a “Petition for Probate of Statutory Testament and Confirmation of Execution”, in which the petitioner, .Shelia B. Lister, seeks to open the testate succession of her late mother, Mildred Crockett Johnson, and to be confirmed as testamentary executrix. In the petition it is alleged that the decedent, Mildred Crockett Johnson, died testate in New Orleans on December 14,1996. An attached copy of the will…