McCullough v. Smith

While in the military service of the United States, Moses Reid took out a War Risk Insurance policy for $10,000 and designated his father and mother as beneficiaries. He died intestate August 23, 1920, leaving no wife, child or descendant. The father .died November 22, 1926, intestate; the mother February 22, 1932. Her will designated an executrix.

No payment of any kind was made under the policy prior -to the mother’s death. Thereafter the Bureau of War Risk Insurance determined that during his life the insured became entitled to monthly disability payments aggregating $862.50, and caused…