Portwood v. Minkler

This case represents an effort by the executors of an estate to recover possession of ten thousand dollars, the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance policy on the life of the decedent, from the beneficiary to whom it was paid, in order that it might be used to pay the debts of the estate and the expenses of administration.

Coleman W. Milton had a National Service Life Insurance policy in the amount of ten thousand dollars, the proceeds of which he desired to have applied to the debts of his business, funeral expenses, and expenses of administration of his estate. A few weeks before he…