Mixon v. . Mixon

Are proceeds of war risk insurance in the hands of the administrator of the dead veteran subject to the claims of creditors of distributees of the dead soldier?

A sharp divergence of judicial opinion is disclosed by the opinions of many appellate courts upon the question as to whether the distributees of war risk insurance of a deceased soldier are to be ascertained at the time of the death of the soldier or at the time of the death of the beneficiary named in the certificate of insurance. Probably the latest utterance upon the subject is contained in the opinion of the Supreme Court of the…