Smith v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Bessie Smith,- as administratrix of the estate of Essie Mae Miller, sued Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for $195, and damages and attorney’s fees, the action being based on a receipt which she alleged made a contract of temporary insurance.

The plaintiff charged in her petition that on June 12, 1945, Essie Mae Miller applied to the defendant for a policy of industrial life insurance in the sum of $195, at a weekly premium of 25 cents, that the applicant paid two weekly premiums in advance and was issued a receipt and a temporary contract of insurance, a copy thereof being set out in the…