Case Name: Charles H. Starke, Appellant, v. The Catskill and Albany Steamboat Company, Limited, and W. Allison Bear, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-12
Citations: 181 A.D. 964
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles H. Starke, Appellant, v. The Catskill and Albany Steamboat Company, Limited, and W. Allison Bear, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 181
Pages: 964–965

Head Matter:
Charles H. Starke, Appellant, v. The Catskill and Albany Steamboat Company, Limited, and W. Allison Bear, Respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment and order reversed and new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event, upon the ground that under the authority of Hall v. New York Telephone Co. (220 N. Y. 299) the trial justice erroneously charged the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to establish his freedom from contributory negligence. All concurred, except Kellogg, P. J., who dissented upon the ground that the erroneous charge could not have changed the result as no legal liability was shown.