Newhouse v. England

Maxwell, Judge:

The gist of this appeal is a controversy respecting $3300.00 insurance on the life of W. C. England, deceased. The beneficiary under the policy of insurance was Victoria England, mother of the insured. On the 29th day of May, 1935, which was ten days subsequent to the death of the insured, Effie Newhouse, the plaintiff herein, was appointed by the county court of Kanawha County as committee for Victoria England on the ground that she had become non compos mentis. In July of the same year, the insurer paid the full amount of the policy to the committee.

In November, 1935, Effie…