Triplett v. Chipman

In 1914 J. J. W. Smith, who resided in Little Rock, Arkansas, died while on a visit to Texas. He died intestate. His estate consisted of three life insurance policies of $1,000 each and a small deposit of money in the Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Company at Pine Bluff. T. N. Chipman was -appointed administrator of his estate on December 14, 1914. He immediately employed Aylmer Flenniken, an attorney at El Dorado, to represent Mm. Smith had borrowed money on the life insurance policies, so that when these amounts were taken out of the policies the entire assets of the ¿state amounted to the sum…