INSURANCE POLICY CASE.
MAKING FALSE DECLARATION. WELLINGTON, July 10. The Court of Appeal heard argument this morning in the case of King v. Stuart Brown McDonald, an application by M‘Donald for leave to appeal against his conviction at Wellington in May last- for making a false declaration with reference to a fire insurance policy. The ground of the application was that during the trial a question of law arose as to the construction of the policy. At. the trial the judge, it was alleged, ruled that the policy covered only the stock of groceries actually in the room where the fire occurred, whereas it was contended for prisoner that the policy covered other goods. Mr Dunn appeared for the prisoner, and Mr MacGregor, K.C. (Solicitor-General) for the Crown. Mr Dunn said that at the trial the judge had misdirected the jury with reference to the meaning of the policy, and had refused to admit evidence as to the po'icy’s proper meaning.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3618, 17 July 1923, Page 61
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161INSURANCE POLICY CASE. Otago Witness, Issue 3618, 17 July 1923, Page 61
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