JUDGMENT
The appellant company, as the plaintiff, filed a suit against the respondent (defendant) in the High Court of Kenya for the recovery of Stg £ 8,412.65 or Kshs 131,573.84 being the amount of the balance of loss or damage to a consignment of five thousand cartons of hurricane lantern glass globes. The said goods were insured by the defendant at its London office against such loss or damage during their carriage by sea from London to Nairobi via Mombasa. The goods were insured by the defendant under its certificate of Insurance No 3565 issued under a policy of Insurance No 74/13459, made in consideration of the premium paid to it by the plaintiff. The defendant made part payment of Stg £ 10,000 of the loss or damage leaving the balance of Kshs 131,573.84 outstanding claimed by the plaintiff in the suit.
The summons and plaint was served at the defendant’s Kenya office in Nairobi upon Mr. J A Christie a person resident in Kenya authorized to accept service on behalf of the company …