Kidder v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

— The parties to this suit present contrary views as to the permissibility of an oral contract of accident insurance in this state. In her complaint, Katie M. Kidder alleged that her husband entered into one with the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, in which contract she was named as the beneficiary, that, a few days thereafter, he was accidentally drowned, and that the company refused to pay her. On the trial of the ease, there was a verdict and judg*479ment in her favor, from which the defendant has appealed.

E. J. Martin & Company were the local agents of appellant in Spokane. H. H. Bell…