Treit v. Oregon Automobile Insurance Co.

The majority opinion states that there was evidence supporting the trial court’s finding that plaintiff was not an innocent purchaser of the trailer. However, as I understand the majority opinion, it holds *557that, under the circumstances of this case, plaintiff was not required to sustain the burden of proving himself to be an innocent purchaser in order to have an insurable interest because (1) an insurable interest is an “economic” interest, and (2) plaintiff had an “economic” interest in the trailer because the true owner had brought a conversion action against him.

To the best of my…