Succession of Seymour

The opinion of the court was delivered by Wateins, J.

On application for rehearing, by Njcholls, O. J.

On rehearing by Mokroe, J.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

WatKINS, J.

The Succession of Fannie Minerva Seymour, widow of William Reed Mills, was opened by her death in the city of New Orleans, on the 6th of January, 1896, and J. B. Vinet, public administrator, soon after applied for letters of administration, on the theory that the deceased died intestate and without heirs, and that her succession was vacant.

Before letters were granted, Charles Clinton Brown, of Sacramento City,…