Thomas v. Nuckols

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Defendant has appealed a declaratory decree rendered pursuant to F.S. Chapter 87, F.S.A., by which the chancellor construed and applied F.S. § 222.13, F.S.A., relating to the disposition of proceeds derived from life insurance policies payable to the estate of a decedent.

The facts involved in this proceeding are not in dispute, the question presented for decision being exclusively one of law.

Thomas Ryland Nuckols died leaving as his sole surviving heir his mother, Leora T. Nuckols, there being no surviving child or spouse. Douglas W. Nuckols was appointed administrator of…