Succession of Williams

HAMITER, Justice.

James Burnell Williams, in this cause, seeks to be recognized as the adopted son and sole heir at law of Felix Williams who died intestate on November 4, 1949.

The decedent was married twice. His first marriage was with Mary Ruffin, it having commenced in 1920 and having ended by a divorce in 1943. Several months thereafter he was married to Camille Carter. With her he lived in community until his death, they acquiring the property, real and personal, of which he died possessed.

On December 19, 1949 Camille Carter Williams opened the succession of Felix Williams and, pursuant…