SCINDIA STEAMSHIPS (LONDON), LTD. v. LONDON ASSURANCE.

(1936) 56 Ll L Rep 136

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Branson.

Marine insurance-Inchmaree Clause- Breakage of tail shaft-Removal of propeller during repairs - Latent defect in shaft-Right to recover cost of replacement of shaft-"This insurance also specially to cover (subject to free of average warranty) loss of or damage to hull or machinery directly caused by accidents in loading, discharging or handling cargo, or in bunkering or in taking in fuel, or caused through the negligence of master, mariners, engineers, or pilots, or through explosions, bursting of boilers, breakage of shafts, or through any latent defect in the machinery or hull"- "Breakage of shafts"-Latent defect existing before currency of policy- Marine Insurance Act, 1906, Sect. 55 (2) (c).