MARINE INSURANCE CASE.
ECHO OF THE PAPANUI FIRE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrlght ■(Rec. October 1, 7.40 p.m.) Perth, October 1. Mr. Justice McMillan has given judgment in tho case ill which Willis and Company claimed ' against the Union Insuranco Company, of Canton £5280 under a policy of insuranco on goods shipped by tho steamer Papanui, which was subsequently burned. The defendant company claimed that the policy was merely a prpmissory warranty, subject to a declaration of interest to their agent after tho sailing of the steamer, and that as plaintiffs had failed to make this declaration as soon as was possiblo, the defendant company was debarred reinsuring, as it had intended, and consequently was discharged from the performance of tho contract.
Tho judge held that the stipulation as to tho declaration was not a vital portion of tho contract and gavo a verdict of £5157, with costs.
A stay of proceedings was, granted,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1870, 2 October 1913, Page 7
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152MARINE INSURANCE CASE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1870, 2 October 1913, Page 7
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