C. T. BOWRING & CO., LTD., AND ANOTHER v. AMSTERDAM LONDON INSURANCE CO., LTD.

(1930) 36 Ll L Rep 309

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Wright.

Insurance (marine) - Claim - Damage to parcels of ground nut kernels - "To pay average and/or damage from sweating and/or heating when resulted from external cause if amounting to 3 per cent. on each bag or on the whole"-Considerable "heating" and "sweat" damage found on delivery- Whether due to inherent vice-Evidence of surveys before shipment and after delivery; of the abnormally wet season in which the nuts were shipped - Whether damage due to proximity of other cargo-Scientific evidence - Inference to be drawn from character of damage -