In Re Saunders

Who were the distributees of the personal estate of Rowan D. Saunders at the time of his death in October, 1918?

This Court has consistently held that the distributees of a deceased soldier, holding war risk insurance, are to be ascertained at the date of the death of the soldier, in accordance with the intestate laws of the state in which the soldier lived.

It appears from the record that the mother of the deceased soldier was dead prior to 1918, but that his father was living, and that the soldier had no wife or child or issue of a child at the time of his death. Consequently, our statute of…