Motor Insurance.
LIABILITY OF COMPANIES. HIRE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, Sept. 12. The framing of a clause in an insurance policy issued jointly to a firm selling a motor car under a hirepurchase agreement and to the buy : er was the subject of a reserved judgment given in the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice- Ostler, Avho ruled that the fact that the buyer was not the holder of a license when he was'involved in a:;coJlisi6n did no,t, on a reasonable' construction of• the words of the ql.ause,. absolve, the insurance company from liability. This question of law arose from a damages action which, with the consent of• the parties, Fred Linekar',ahd the Hartford . Insurance Company, Ltd., was submitted to the Supreme Court.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19810, 12 September 1936, Page 3
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