FRANGOS AND OTHERS v. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.

(1934) 49 Ll L Rep 354

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Roche.

Marine insurance-Total loss of plaintiffs' vessel while on voyage from Barry to Istanbul-Incursion of sea water- Claim under time policy-Defences: that loss was not by sea perils, but that the vessel was wilfully cast away with the knowledge and consent of the owners; alternatively, that the loss was due to unseaworthiness and that that unseaworthiness was known to the owners at the inception of the voyage- Marine Insurance Act, 1906, Sect. 39 (5).