INSURANCE DISPUTE
INTERPRETATION OF POLICY DECISION RESERVED The -action for an interpretation of an insurance policy which was heard by Mr. Justice Stringer in the Supreme Court yesterday concluded with his Honour reserving his decision. The plaintiff was Roy Ernest Eastman (Mr. G. P. Finlay and Mr. King* and the defendants the Eagle Star and British Dominions’ Insurance Company and the New Zealand Insurance Company (Mr. E. H. Northcroft). A policy was issued to the defendant to cover his employees for a period of one year at a maximum limit of £I,OOO. While working on a drainage contract one of his employees was seriously injured, and as the insurance company denied liability the plaintiff had to pay the injured man £1,267 and £ll9 costs after an action brought against him. Plaintiff now claimed judgment for the maximum amount of £I,OOO, with 8 per cent, interest as from March 1, 1926, until the date of judgment, with costs.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 11
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157INSURANCE DISPUTE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 11
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