In Re Cross' Estate

LeRoy W. Cross was killed in France in the world war on October 22,1918. He was unmarried and left neither issue nor will. He had taken out a $10,000 policy of war risk insurance issued by the government of the United States. At the time of his death, his father and mother survived him and were his heirs under the laws of the state of Washington. Rem. Comp. Stat., §§ 1341-1364 [P. C. §§ 9847 et seq.]. Conformably to requirements, he had named his mother, Margaret Cross, as the beneficiary of the war risk insurance. Upon his death, the government paid to the beneficiary a monthly payment of…