Case Name: Carl Ullmann & Co., Respondent, v. American Hawaiian Steamship Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-06-25
Citations: 134 Misc. 475
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carl Ullmann & Co., Respondent, v. American Hawaiian Steamship Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 475–476

Head Matter:
Carl Ullmann & Co., Respondent, v. American Hawaiian Steamship Company, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 25, 1929.
Kirlin, Woolsey, Campbell, Hickox & Keating [.L. DeGrove Potter of counsel], for the appellant.
Single & Single [Robert E. Hill and C. Welmore Robinson of counsel], for the respondent.
See, also, 133 Misc. 516.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In Kaufer Co. v. Luckenbach S. S. Co. (294 Fed. 978) it was held that the exception of damage by heat referred to temperature of the weather and did not exempt the carrier from liability for damage from artificial heat generated by the ship. Applying that rule to the present case under plaintiff's claim that the cargo was injured by artificial heat, the burden of proof of absence of negligence in stowing would fall upon the appellant. Defendant's witnesses' testimony, to the effect that the stowage was proper and usual, sustained that burden and was not met by any evidence to the contrary except vague inferences. The defendant was, therefore, entitled to judgment. (The Rangoon Maru, 27 F. [2d] 722.)
Bijur and Peters, JJ., concur.