Succession of McCloskey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Alice McCloskey, of the City of Belfast, Ireland, died there in March, 1897, leaving a last will and testament, which was admitted to probate in the District Registry of the Probate and Matrimonial Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland, for the District of Belfast.

She made, in the will, numerous bequests of legacies to persons and charitable institutions, none of them exceeding in amount two thousand dollars.

The property constituting her estate was located entirely .in the city of New Orleans, over two-thirds of the same being…