Williams v. Purdy

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Sometime in 1918, Joseph A. Williams, while serving as a soldier in the U. S. Army, bought a Service Life Insurance policy and named his half-sister, Amelia Williams, as beneficiary. 'Joseph died intestate on October 18, 1918, and Amelia received installment payments on the insurance until her death in 1924. The federal law at that time, 43 Stats, at Large, 1310, Chapter 553, § 14, provided that if the beneficiary . . dies prior to receiving all the two hundred and forty installments or all such as are payable and applicable, there shall be paid to the estate of the…