Woodard v. Metropolitan Life Ins.

John L. Brummett carried three policies of insurance on his life with the defendant Company aggregating $1128. After the death of the insured, June 20, 1927, his mother, Mrs. Woodard, claimed the insurance and filed the original bill against Mrs.. Mary Brummett, widow of the insured, joining also the Insurance Company as •a party defendant. The bill presented no controversy with the Company and sought no relief against it unless it denied liability under the policies. Beyond this, as against the Company, she asked only for an injunction to restrain payment of the proceeds to the widow or any…