SOCIETE BELGE DES BETONS, SOCIETE ANONYME; SOCIETE COLONIALE DE CONSTRUCTION, SOCIETE ANONYME; AND SOCIEDAD IBERICA DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y OBRAS PUBLICAS v. LONDON & LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

(1938) 60 Ll L Rep 225

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Porter.

Marine insurance - "Restraints and detainments of all kings, princes and peoples" - Insurance of plaintiff companies' vessels and appurtenances used in connection with construction of harbour works at Valencia (Spain) -Outbreak of civil war-Unauthorized incautacion of plaintiffs' property by committee composed of plaintiffs' workmen -Meaning of "incautacion"- Committee of workmen supported in incautacion by Popular Executive Committee, the de facto and de jure Government of Valencia at the time- Subsequent decree of incautacion by Popular Executive Committee entered in Spanish Government records- Claim by plaintiffs for total loss.