Jones v. Jones

Wm. Gr. Jordan, a soldier in the United States Army, received a certificate of insurance on his life for $10,000, issued by the United States through the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in 1917. His mother, Mrs. Margaret Jordan, was the sole 'beneficiary. He died on June 22,1919, and after his death the United States G-ov-ernment, under the terms of the policy, paid $57.50 per month to his mother, the beneficiary, until her death, on March 30,1920. The soldier, Wm. Gr. Jordan, died intestate, and his mother died intestate. When Jordan, the soldier, died, he left surviving him, his mother, one…