They shall be appointed dative testamentary executors of all testate successions in their respective parishes when, for any cause, the executor cannot discharge the duties of his office and when there is no surviving husband or wife or heir present or represented in the state.
La. R.S. 9:1584
Dative testamentary executors; when
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 497, §1.
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