Price v. McConnell

The facts of this case are undisputed. They are well stated in the petition for an appeal, and are repeated here.

Arthur Price, a citizen of Scott county, Virginia, was a soldier in the Army of the United States during the World War, and obtained the war risk insurance issued by the government, naming his father, W. H. Price, and his stepmother, Ida P. Price, as equal beneficiaries. The soldier was unmarried. He died intestate in the military service on the 3rd day of October, 1918. Under the certificate of insurance a total of 240 monthly installments were payable,- and the father as…