Cap. 12 Art. 538Decree of court.

At the expiration of the said time, the court, in the absence of opposition, shall examine the claim of the applicant; and if the claim appears to be justified, the court shall allow the demand and shall declare the succession opened in his favour and may, at the request of the applicant, also establish in its decree, the identity of any other person called to the inheritance and his relative share therein.