Succession of Russell

HAMITER, Justice.

Surviving Mrs. Sarah Norwood Russell, who died intestate in Tangipahoa Parish on January 5, 1941, were her husband, Lee Lafayette Russell, and the following children of the marriage, all majors and her sole and only heirs at law, namely: Mrs. Una Russell Goodbee, Mrs. Mollie Russell Ricks, Mrs. Lucy Russell Bankston, Mrs. Cecil Russell Hendry, Glen D. Russell and Clarence L. Russell.

After the occurrence of considerable litigation originated by Clarence L. Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell Hendry and Mrs. Mollie Russell Ricks, the basis of which was the husband’s failure to open…