Sanders v. Rhodes

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Mateal Rhodes Mangle died testate on June 14, 1978. The statutory will appointed Henry Rhodes, Jr. as testamentary executor, and dispensed with the necessity of his posting bond. (During the pendency of the district court proceedings, Henry Rhodes, Jr. died and his widow, Louise Rhodes, was substituted as party-defendant.) Henry Rhodes, Jr. and Katie J. Moore, the deceased’s nephew and niece, were named as legatees to decedent’s property. However, Mateal Rhodes Mangle was predeceased by an adopted son, Aubry Henderson Mangle, who was the sole heir of decedent. He was…