HOME & COLONIAL INSURANCE CO., LTD. v. LONDON GUARANTEE & ACCIDENT CO., LTD.

(1928) 32 Ll L Rep 267

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Wright.

Moneys paid by mistake-Insurance-Reinsurance contracts entered into between plaintiffs and defendants without issue of stamped policies- Voluntary liquidation of plaintiff company-Amount due to defendant company-Dividends paid by liquidator to defendant company-Action to recover as moneys paid by mistake of fact-Evidence of liquidator that he did not know that policies had not been issued; that even if he had known that would not have affected his conduct -Ignorance of law-Moneys held irrecoverable.