In re the Accounting of Wank

Rubenstein, S.

The decedent was the incompetent widow of an Indian Wars veteran, and as such, pensions were paid to her committee by the Veterans’ Administration until her death on August 6, 1947, in a State institution. Her estate consisted of a balance of unexpended pension moneys and the proceeds of a life insurance policy upon her life.

The United States of America claims the net estate by escheat under section 450 of title 38 of the United States Code, as diligent search has thus far failed to disclose the existence *834of any distributees surviving the decedent. Under that section it has been…