Deihl v. Jones

Alfred Daniel Jones, a World War veteran, died intestate in Davidson county, Tennessee, in February, 1933. A judgment had been recovered by) him against the United States for $10*,000 on a war risk policy, in Jan- nary, 1931, npon the gronnd that the policy had matured by reason of the fact that he had become totally and permanently insane. In May, 1931, on a writ of inquisition of luna,cy, he was adjudged a person of unsound mind by the county court of Dickson county, Tennessee, in which county he then resided, and a guardian was appointed for him. He was not incarcerated, but was allowed to…