Lewis v. Jefferson

Joe Lewis, the husband of appellant, died on September 11, 1931, intestate. Lewis was a soldier in the World War, and at his death there was due to him the sum of two hundred ninety-nine dollars and eighty-three cents as a disability allowance from the federal government. Soon after the death of Lewis, his sister, Cora Jefferson, appellee here, applied for and was granted letters of administration. In the petition for the letters it was averred that the deceased left no children and that the wife of the deceased was absent and had not been heard from for some time.

After the money had been…