Knight v. Fidelity Casualty Co. of N.Y.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

It appears from the Transcript of Record that Barney E. Knight of Union County, N. C, was a soldier in the service of the United States; that he had what is known as war risk insurance in the sum of $10,000.00, with his mother Mollie Knight as beneficiary. He died the 29th day of October, 1918, intestate, leaving, him surviving, as his only heirs at law and distributees, his father, William T. Knight, his mother, Mollie Knight, and his brother and sister, the plaintiffs in this action. That from the insurance, the government paid to…