INSURANCE CLAIM.
GOODS BURNED ON LORRY. (Per Press Association). . WELLINGTON, May 31. Mr sE. Page, S.M., gave judgment for the Wellington Express Comapny against the Plicenix Assurance Company on a claim for goods which were burned on a lorry in September last when en route to _ 1 Thinking that tho value form had to be in within 24 hours when the Assurance Company asked for particulars, the manager of the Express Company filled a form in on meagre information at £B9, but the real 1 value was subsequently proved to be £172 17s 6d. For this the owner cf the goods got judgment against the Express Company, but the Assurance Company refused to pay except on the form estimate of £B9. Tho Magistrate said that tlie declaration of the value made subsequent to the loss did not have the effect of converting the floating policy into a valued one.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 196, 1 June 1934, Page 7
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