Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company Ltd v Evatt
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Neutral Citation | [1968] HCA 74,1968-1111 HCA A |
| Year | 1968 |
| Date | 1968 |
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