Northern Life Insurance v. Walker

As originally commenced in the superior

court for King county by the plaintiff insurance company, this was a suit in equity wherein the plaintiff sought a decree of that court canceling a policy issued by the company insuring the life of William Henry Harmon, who had died by suicide, as it is claimed by the company, after the issuance of the policy and before the commencement of the suit. We think it will appear as we proceed that the issues were so developed by the pleadings of the respective parties that the controversy became, in legal effect, a simple action at law wherein the defendant…