The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-03-13

intestate, although there has been
filed in this Honorable Court an al
legged last will and testament, in the
form of a letter, which is on file in
the proceedings entitled Succession of
Earl C.~Brown, No. 125,244, Division
e" of this Honorable Court; and
which alleged testament has been at
tackled therein by your petitioner. as
being null, void, and of no effect in
law; and which if held to be valid
makes no disposition of the property
of this estate or of the interest of said
decedent therein, and which interest
was at his death transmitted to your
petitioner, all to the knowledge of said
Administrative herein, who with said
knowledge proceeded without notice
to and without the knowledge of your
petitioner to obtain said Illegal null and
void order of sale.
That the aforesaid attempt to ad-
judicate the hereinabove described
property in these proceedings is in
tended as a means to partition this
estate by a sale to pay debts. and to
thereby burden the same with unnec-
essary costs. where the property is
evidently devisable in kind.
Wherefore petitioner prays that the
said administrators, Mrs. Esther X.
| Manent, in her capacity as such, and
individually; M. RandO, R. A. Tansey,
p. Falletta, NJ. Rooney, and A. Wirth.
all of lawful age and residing in this
city, be each duly cited to appear and
answer this petition, and that after
all due and legal proceedings had there
be judgment in favor of your petition
err and against the said defendants,
| Jointly and individually, decreeing the
adjurications of the hereinabove de-
scribed property, made to them re-
spectively, to be null void and of no
effect, and as such annulled and set
aside.
And for all costs, and for general
and equitable relief.
n. E. HUMPHREYS.
Attorney for Petitioner.
The following are excerpts taken
from letter written by Earl Brown
to his aunt. The letter is a long
one and some of the pages refer
to many matters of no public inter
est.
New York. June II, 1918.
Dear Nan-Read your letter OF
June 18th, this evening and | also
expect to sail for Galveston, Texas
tomorrow morning about 4 a. m.
Well Honey you will find enclosed
withdrawal blank on the New York
Saving Bank, n. w., Cor. Sth Avenue
and 14th St., the account is Earl G
: Brown but the signature is just like
this E. C. Brown.
Honey l want you to keep this in
case anything should happen to me
} you can find out what is my balance
and fill 1t out and you can get the
!, money, all you have to do is to show
this letter. | have already signed 1t
|. so all you have to do is to put the
right amount on it and it will be
. as good as gold. | also want you tc
get my house, Aunt Esther can have
J the money in the Eureka Homestead
, / also want Uncle Peter to get my
ring so therefore, l want you to keel
: this letter a secret to them all.
Well Honey ! do not want you Il
. worry amout anything happening t.
me. / only wrote you this in cas'
: anything should happen. You would
know just how | stand.
4 Well Honey to change the puni
subject, how is dear Uncle Johnni'
Il and dear Undo. Give them my low
e and kisses and | also want you t
l forget about this letter, but he sur
r to put it in a safe place. but If moth
/ ing happens | surely will come hom
4 in November. So do not worry abou
J, me.
s P. S.-Be sure and do not let an
e one see this letter except Dudo an
Uncle John.
d EARL.