Oregon Mutual Life Insurance v. Dixon

The plaintiff in this action, Oregon Mutual Life Insurance Company, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Oregon, and authorized to transact business as a life insurance company in that state and elsewhere, including the state of Washington.

It appears that plaintiff, July 8, 1930, in Yakima county, issued to Elmer H. Dixon a policy of life in surance, whereby it agreed to pay $2,500 upon the death of the insured. The policy was written in favor of the insured’s estate and so remained until August 7, 1932, when, pursuant to request of the insured, his parents,…