National Union Bank v. McNeal

(dissenting) : The effect of the conclusion announced in the opinion of Mr. Justice Blease is that the commuted insurance paid by the government to the administrator of the dead soldier, is to be distributed as follows:

To the illegitimate children of Daisy Carter, wife of the soldier, one-half ......................... $1,847.50

To Nathan Carter, father of the soldier, one-half of the remaining half ......................... $923.75

And one-half of one-half—one-fourth —of the interest of Cornelia Currence, $923.75 ................ 230.93 1,154.68

To Julia Carter, mother of the soldier, one-half…