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INSURANCE CASE
INCOKRECT DESIGNATION
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
A letter, alleged to have been wrongly inserted in 'an insuranco gave rise to prolonged argument in the Supreme Court, involving a sum of £500. The letter "F" was used to indicate that the property insured was freehold, and, because it was. a City Corporation leasehold, the insurance company denied liability.
When a fire occurred tho admission was made that the particulars"in the proposal, including tho letter F, had been filled in by an insurance inspector without consultation with tho proponent, who had sighed it before it was filled in.
Mr. Justico Smith heard the case. The plaintiff was the Auckland Municipal Corporation, and tho dofendaut tho Mercantile General Insurauco Company. Tho property concerned was a houso in Totara street, Ponsonby, which tho City Council had leased in September, 1925, to Mary Brown; wife of Aloxander Brown, a marine engineer. In January, 1927, tho house was insured for £SCO against fire, and in June, 1929, it was totally destroyed by fire. The plaintiff asked for a writ of mandamus against tho insurance company compelling it to expend "the insurance money in rebuilding and reinstating tho house.. Legal argument is proceeding. '
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 8
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