Hatcher v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance

Lewis, Chief Justice:

This appeal involves appellant’s liability under a Homeowner’s policy of insurance issued to respondents, insuring, in addition to personal property, a dwelling occupied by them, to which they had not received a deed but had orally agreed to purchase. While other questions are argued, much of the controversy revolves around the respective contentions of the parties as to whether respondents had an insurable interest in the real property and the effect of the enforceability of the oral contract to purchase upon the question of insurable interest.

Respondents, Thomas T. and…