Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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LAKE v. SIMMONS.

(1927) 27 Ll.L.Rep. 377

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before Viscount Haldane, Viscount Sumner, Lord Atkinson, Lord Wrenbury and Lord Blanesburgh.

Insurance (jewellery) - Loss - Claim - Jewellery obtained by fraudulent third person-Larceny by a trick-Exception clause: "Loss by theft or dishonesty committed by . . . any customer . . . in respect of goods entrusted to" (her) -Whether goods "entrusted" within meaning of policy-Language of exception clause read "contra proferentes" -Judgment for assured.

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