Case Name: Littlejohn & Co., Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co., Limited, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1926-12-15
Citations: 135 Misc. 237
Docket Number: 
Parties: Littlejohn & Co., Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co., Limited, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 135
Pages: 237–238

Head Matter:
Littlejohn & Co., Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co., Limited, Defendant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
December 15, 1926.
Theodore L. Bailey [Arthur E. Muller of counsel], for the appellant.
Kirlin, Woolsey, Campbell, Hickox & Keating [Alvah H. Combs of counsel], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In accordance with the rule laid down in The Rosalia ([C. C. A.] 264 Fed. 285, at p. 288) the evidence raised a presumption of unseaworthiness or of negligence, and, the defendant having failed to sustain the burden of showing affirmatively that the damage arose from an excepted peril, the evidence tending to establish merely a doubt in that regard, it was error to award judgment for defendant.
Judgment reversed, with $30 costs, and judgment directed in favor of plaintiff for $467, with interest and costs.
Present, Bijur, O'Malley and Levy, JJ.