In re Cooke

To the Honorable Joseph J. Van Heyde, Judge of the Probate Court of Franklin County, Ohio:

Pursuant to a prior order referring the above entitled proceeding to me for hearing and report, I proceeded under the provisions of Section 2315.37, Revised Code, to hear and examine such proceeding and respectfully submit the following report thereon.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On February 1, 1950, the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company issued its preferred risk ordinary life insurance policy in the sum of $25,000 on the life of Walter Preston Cooke, the insured. The beneficiary of the policy was the estate…