Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Chappell

This action originated before a justice of the peace of Davidson county, and was brought by Lavinia Chappell against the defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to recover the sum of $246, alleged to he due the plaintiff upon an industrial policy of insurance issued by defendant upon the life of Birdie Lee Chappell (named in the policy as “Birdie L. Chappell”), on March 20, 1922; the insured having died on April 20, 1922.

The justice of the peace gave judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court of the county, and in that court the warrant was amended, by…