McGregor v. McGregor

McCALEB, Justice.

Colin A. McGregor died suddenly of a heart attack in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on November 24, 1949. He was survived by his widow, Lillie Wise McGregor, whom he had married in 1923. No children were born of the union, which the evidence shows to have been a happy one during the 26 years of its existence. Decedent’s nearest blood relatives at the time of his death were his brother, Herbert McGregor, and his sister, Augusta McGregor Davidson, of Durango, Colorado, the plaintiffs in this case.

On December 14, 1949, the widow opened the succession in the then Eleventh Judicial…