Vest's Administrator v. Vest

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Preston Vest was a soldier in the World War. He died in France in 1918, intestate and unmarried. He left surviving him one brother, William Vest. At the time of his death he was carrying a $10,000 policy of war risk insurance issued by the federal government in which his brother, William Vest, was designated the beneficiary. Monthly payments of $57.50 were made under the policy to William Vest until his death in July, 1928. Thereupon Polk South, Jr., qualified as administrator of Preston Vest’s estate, which consisted of the unpaid portion of the 240…