The decedent made deposits in the Willard United Bank on three different certificates of deposit with the term 'P.O.D.' on each with Partricia Burgeois and Maxine Burdette as the beneficiaries. The decedent made a will making various provisions, including legacies to Maxine Burdette and Patricia Burgeois, who are his daughters by a former marriage. He provided that his widow, Emma Atkinson, should not share in his estate. The widow elected to take under the law. The certificates of deposit not being listed in the inventory and appraisement, she filed the exceptions which are the subject of this action.

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