Stokes v. Stokes

This is a controversy over the distribution of the proceeds of an insurance policy issued by the National Life & Accident Insurance Company, of Nashville, Tennessee, on the life of Lewis K. Stokes, who died intestate in Bedford county, Tennessee, on May 4, 1932. E. C. Stokes, the father of said decedent, was appointed, and qualified, as administrator of the estate of his said deceased son, by and in the county court of Bedford county on May 12, 1932, and on May 18 (or May 23), 1932, the administrator collected $3,000 from the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in full settlement by…