Succession of Herdman

This is a proceeding in which the state of Louisiana, through the Attorney General, seeks to obtain a judgment decreeing the state to be the owner of the' estate of *480one Ike Herdman, deceased, and, in the alternative, plaintiff prays that judgment be rendered in favor of the state, ordering the executor to deposit with the state treasurer, or in the state treasury, the assets of the succession of Ike Herdman.

Plaintiff alleges the death of Herdman in the city of New Orleans on December 9, 1916, the probating of his last will and testament, the appointment and qualification of an executor on…