An important case arising from the great fire at Smyrna in September 1922, and involving a vast sum of money, was begun at the Commercial Court in London. to-day. The plaintiffs are the American Tobacco Company who claimed to recover insurances destroyed by fire from the Guardian Assurance Com. pany, The Yability of a number of insurance companies to pay insurances fon other destroyed property will depend on the judgment, The plaintiff's counsel said that the issue was whether the fire was accidental or came within the exceptions of fire policies, on which the action was brought. His contention was that the fire was acei-
The case was adjourned—Reuter,
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