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mobile from another who is not a regular dealer, shall require the seller to identify himself and deliver a bill of sale describing the car in detail. It has been held that the buyer who fails to comply with the statute does not have an insurable interest in the car. Morris v. Firemens Ins. Co. (1926) 121 Kans. 482, 247 Pac. 852, 52 A. L. R. 694, Comments (1926) 36 Yale L. J. 276; 15 Georgetown, L. J. 71; Bradley v. Retailers Fire Ins. Co. (1928) 126 Kans. 27, 267 Pae. 23, Comment (1928) 27 Mich. L. Rev. 105; Barton v. Mercantile Ins. Co. (1929) 127 Kans. 271, 273 Pac. 408, Comment (1929) 13 Minn. L. Rev. 616. Contra: (under a similar Texas statute) IIennessy v. Automobile Owners Ins. Assn. (1926, Tex. Civ. App.) 282 S. W. 791, 46 A. L. R. 521. See also the Note 52 A. L. R. 701.

Does one have an insurable interest in liquor illegally possessed? See Wood v. First Nat. Fire Ins. Co. (1917) 21 Ga. App. 333, 94 S. E. 622, 735, Comment (1918) 16 Mich. L. Rev. 649. See also 18 A. L. R. 1084.

On the insurable interest of the mortgagee, vendee, bailee, remainderman, etc., see the cases in the next chapter.


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