Reed v. Smith

LESLIE, Chief Justice.

Willis Ralph Smith, et vir, instituted this suit against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to recover on a group life insurance policy in the sum of $1,000 carried by the defendant company on the life of Frank Reed, deceased. At the time of his death, on December 2, 1936, said Reed resided in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, where he was an employee of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Previously he had resided in Cisco, Texas, where he was also an employee of that company.

Frank Reed was married twice. His first wife was named Effie Pearl Reed, whom he married…