BARNETT & BLOCK v. NATIONAL PARCELS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

(1942) 72 Ll.L.Rep. 43

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Atkinson.

Motor insurance - Garage - Meaning - Insurance of claimants' furs, etc.- Cover not to apply to theft of property in cars while such cars were not individually attended "even whilst in garage"- Indorsement of policy providing that insurance company would not repudiate liability in respect of property up to certain amount "in the insured's Bedford van whilst left in a garage," subject to van being fitted with various locks and bolts- Car garaged in yard surrounded by building and wall (12ft. 6in. high) but without roof- Theft of furs from van- Right of recovery under policy- Whether open yard a garage within meaning of policy - Arbitration - Award that yard was not a garage and that therefore the claimants were not entitled to recover- Case stated.