JAMES v. BRITISH GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

(1927) 27 Ll.L.Rep. 328

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Roche.

Insurance (motor car) - Accident-Plaintiff drunk while driving car - Plaintiff indicted and convicted - Third-party risks-Indemnity-Whether policy void as against public policy-Moral culpability -Question of "intent"-Finding that accident was the result of folly and not of premeditation-Tinline v. White Cross Insurance Association, [1921] 3 K.B. 327, followed - Judgment for plaintiff.