GALLE GOWNS, LTD. v. LICENSES & GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

(1933) 47 Ll L Rep 186

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Branson and a City of London Special Jury.

Fire insurance - Loss - Claim - Misrepresentations in proposal form- Identity of proposer (chairman of plaintiff company) trading under name of Hershorn-Answer to question concerning insurance record: "See previous records Hershorn"-Non-disclosure of previous trading under other names-Evidence of the financial instability of many of his previous concerns-Alleged fraudulent exaggeration in making present claim - Questions for jury: "(1) Were the plaintiffs guilty of fraudulent exaggeration in making their claim?- No. (2) Did the proposal put forward by the [plaintiffs] misrepresent or conceal any fact which it was material that the defendants should knot?-Yes"- Claim dismissed.