COURT DECISION
(Per Press Association — Ccjyriyht. ) IMPORTANT TO MOTORISTS. GISBORNE, October 19. A decision of importance in niutoi insurance transactions was given by Mi Harper S.M., in a case, a sequel to a collision on Wharerata Hill between a truck and a horseiloat. The plaintiff, T. A. Franks, claimed under a policy issued the day preceding the accident to recover from Standard 1 Assurance Coy. £299, representing vai-i----1 ous judgments against him for damage arising out of the collision. The Magistrate held there had been no compliance with the conditions on the back of the policy, and as plaintiff failed to give prompt notice of the accident, th e claimant failed through his own neglect. As he had omitted to give notice, the company were entitled to recover from him £59, the amount it had paid in satisfaction of an injury to a man.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1932, Page 6
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144COURT DECISION Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1932, Page 6
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