Frye's Administrator v. Frye's Administratrix

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appellant the State Bank & Trust Company of HarrocLsburg, administrator of the estate of Elijah Frye, deceased, instituted a suit in the Mercer circuit court seeking advice from the court as to the proper distribution of certain funds in its hands, representing the proceeds of a war risk insurance policy.

The plaintiff disavows any interest in the matter, save and except to properly fulfill its duties as the personal representative of decedent; it occupies the position of stakeholder.

Frye, the decedent, a colored man, was an enlisted…