CLAIM FAILS.
JUDGE’S OBSERVATIONS. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Aug. 16. Stating that on plaintiff’s own case it was shown that Francis had not made a complete discolsure of the facts which the company should know, Mr Justice Blair entered a non-suit in the case in which Gladys Francis, widow, of Auckland, sought £IOO4 from the A.M.P. Society as money payable from an insurance policy held by Stanley Charles Francis, a former motor agent of Hamilton, deceased. The original policy lapsed for two months through non-payment, and when filling in the reinstatement forms Francis failed to disclose the fact that he had taken out a prohibition order, or of drinking habits leading up to it. The Judge said: Reinstatement of a policy is an insurance transaction where both parties must keep good faith, and the company was entitled to know the full facts.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 220, 17 August 1939, Page 10
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142CLAIM FAILS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 220, 17 August 1939, Page 10
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