Brown

1. Defendant Ben H. Brown resides in and is the Public Administrator of Los Angeles County, California; and is the duly appointed, qualified and acting administra *371 tor of the estate of Robert P. Campbell, deceased, under letters of administration issued to him December 15, 1950, by the Superior Court of the State of -California in and for the said County in Probate Proceeding No. 312232, in which court and proceeding said decedent’s estate is being administered.

2. The said Robert P. Campbell during his life was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States in the Spanish American War, and for many years prior to his death he drew a pension from the United States as such veteran. At the time of his death he resided in Los Angeles County, California, and was 82 years of age. The sole assets of his estate at death was- a balance of his account in bank amounting to $1,235.63, which was the unexpended portion of the pension payments theretofore made to him by the United States.

3. On October 20, 1950, said Robert P. Campbell died intestate, while he was a patient receiving care and treatment from the Veterans Administration in the Veterans Administration hospital at Los…