Schaeffer v. Anchor Mutual Fire Insurance

1 The policy was for $800, and covered a frame building occupied as a'harness shop and dwelling. The first question presented is whether plaintiff, in whose name the policy was made out, had an insurable interest in the property. It is conceded that at the time the policy was issued the title to the property was in one B. C. Wente, the father-in-law of plaintiff. The only interest the latter had, as stated by him, was through this arrangement with the owner: “He [Wente] says to me I shall pay the taxes and insurance on the building, and, if I did pay the taxes and insurance, I could do…