Howard v. G. H. Dunn Insurance Agency, Inc.

Under the allegations of the complaint the plaintiff might prove that one of the defendants breached a contractual obligation to obtain, or procure the issuance of, a policy of fire insurance on the plaintiff’s building, and that the building was destroyed by fire after *869that defendant should have obtained the coverage. The liability of the defendant in that event would be analogous to the liability of an insurer on a contract to issue a policy of insurance, Sanford v. Orient Ins. Co. 174 Mass. 416 (1899), as distinguished from the liability of an insurer on an oral contract of insurance or…