ANGLO-SWEDISH ELECTRIC WELDING COMPANY, LTD. v. BROWN.

[1951] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 279

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Finnemore.

Repairs to ship-Contract-Dispute as to items - Proof - Plaintiffs' case incorrectly pleaded - Defendant misled - Alleged delay in effecting repairs - Counterclaim for detention - Costs - Repairs to defendant's tug effected by plaintiffs-Writ issued by plaintiffs claiming £142 for work done, which included £99 for hull and deck repairs and a further £43 for ventilator repairs -Denial by defendant that he authorized any work to be performed in excess of a cost of £99-Plaintiffs' case argued on footing that £99 was incurred in respect of repairs to hull and that further £43 was mainly incurred in respect of deck repairs and the remainder (approximately £10) in respect of ventilator repairs - Counterclaim by defendant for detention of tug on ground that repairs were to be effected in "about seven days" and that repairs in fact took nearly three weeks.