Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Dodd

On October 1, 1927, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company issued a policy of insurance for $800 on the life of Joseph Dodd. The insured died on January 16, 1928, and his administratrix, Mrs. W. J. Dodd, brought an action on the policy in the municipal court of Atlanta. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $800 principal and $200 attorney’s fee, and a judgment was entered accordingly. The appellate division of the said court affirmed the judgment of the trial court, and the case was taken by certiorari to the superior court. The exception here is to the judgment overruling the…