Court Opinion

ID: 5420929
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 16:28:29.152432+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:31:13.832378
License: Public Domain

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.