Walker v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

This is an action brought by Margaret S. Walker, as administratrix of the estate of Mercia Dee Clarke, deceased, against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to recover upon a life insurance policy issued by the company upon the life of one Hattie Jackson. At the conclusion of the evidence on the trial, the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the insurance company, and on the verdict returned, entered a judgment to the effect that the administratrix take nothing by her action. The administratrix appeals.

There is no substantial dispute as to the facts. On June 27,…