Henderson's Adm'r v. Bewley

CAMMACK, Justice.

These three consolidated actions involve the ownership of twenty $1,000 United States Savings Bonds, Series E. John Henderson is the administrator of the estate of his deceased wife, Minnie Henderson, who died intestate in May, 1952. He claims all of the bonds. Irvin Bewley claims fifteen Of them; Helen Witchell claims two; and Elmer Sanders claims three. The appeals challenge the correctness of the chancellor’s ruling that John Henderson owns ten of the bonds and Irvin Bewley ten of them.

John Henderson and Minnie Mae Young were married in 1892. Minnie had no property or…