MERCHANTS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. v. LIVERPOOL MARINE & GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

(1928) 30 Ll.L.Rep. 154

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Rowlatt.

Insurance -Reinsurance -Loss -Continuation of risk if vessel at sea at date original policy expired - Stranding during such continuance - "If the insured object is in a damaged condition at the time the insurance expires . . . the risk shall continue for the immediate consequences of such damage until the object, without unnecessary delay, has been repaired or sold"- Arrival at first port of destination- Position of safety-Vessel patched up- Continuance of voyage-Vessel beached to prevent sinking-Total loss-Chain of causation-Whether loss an "immediate consequence" of original stranding.