NICHOLS, Justice.
The sole question for decision in this appeal is whether the parents, or the acknowledged illegitimate child, of a deceased United States serviceman, are entitled to the proceeds of a policy of government insurance where the serviceman has failed to designate a beneficiary.
38 USCA § 770 provides in part as to the priority of beneficiaries
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