In Re Estate of Pruden

The paramount question of law is this: Did Ada Harrell have a vested right in the proceeds of the insurance paid to the administrator of Arthur Pruden by the United States Veterans’ Bureau?

The overwhelming weight of authority, as we interpret the decisions, is to the effect that war risk insurance constitutes a part of the corpus of the estate of the insured. Petition of Robbins, 140 Atlantic, 366; Williams v. Eason, 114 Southern, 338; In re Dean’s Estate, 225 N. Y. S., 543; In re Ogilme’s Estate, 139 Atlantic, 826; McDaniel v. Sloan, 11 S. W. (2d Series), 894; Palmer v. Mitchell, 158 N. E.,…