Succession of Centanni

SAMUEL, Judge.

Rosario Centanni died in the City of New Orleans on November 3, 1950, leaving a last will and testament in the nuncupative form by public act. He was survived by his wife and ten children, one of whom was Joseph Centanni, who lived in Palermo, Italy, and who was and is, as an absent heir, represented by attorneys appointed by the court. The will bequeathed $300.00 to Joseph and the remainder of decedent’s estate to the other nine children and provided that, in the event this disposition to Joseph was declared void, the other nine children were to receive the disposable portion…