Hampton v. Herrin Loan & Improvement Ass'n

On May 8, 1926, Jettie Hampton was appointed conservatrix of her husband, a disabled World War veteran, and as such received from the United States Grovernment the sum of $40 monthly for his support, from July 1, 1926, to July, 1930, when he died. Of such funds she invested the amount of $1,244.25 in stock of the Herrin Loan & Improvement Association, defendant below and appellee herein, the latter knowing that the funds so invested were received by her as eonservatrix of her husband. The certificate for such shares was taken in the individual name of Mrs. Hampton.

In January 1932, the…