Bolden v. Gatewood

This case is before us on appeal by Edgar Lee Bolden, defendant in the court below, from a decree of the Chancery Court of Marshall County, rendered in favor of Mrs. Fannie E. Gatewood, complainant in the court below, for the sum of $22,200, representing* the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of the deceased, collected by the defendant for the use and benefit of the heirs or estate of the deceased.

The record shows that on September 7, 1956, Henry Gatewood, Jr., was killed in an automobile accident. At the time of his death and for a period of approximately one year prior thereto,…