The Wildcroft’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. ““The libelant asks me to say that a presumption of negligence arises from the fact that at the end of a voyage merchandise that has been received by a carrier in good condition for safe conveyance is found to be damaged, and that the burden of proof is upon the carrier to explain the cause of the injury, upon penalty of being held liable if he is unable to clear his skirts of fault. No doubt this proposition is sound, and does not need the support of authority; but it does not establish the libelant’s right to a decree in the present case, for the plain reason that the ship accepted the burden of proof, and has satisfactorily shown how the sugar in the bottom of the two holds came to be injured by fresh water.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wildcroft

2. “this damage was concededly caused by a peril of the seas.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Wildcroft