THE "BRANKSOME HALL."

(1934) 48 Ll.L.Rep. 43

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.(DIVISIONAL COURT.)

Before Sir Boyd Merriman (President) and Mr. Justice Langton.

Negligence - Breaking adrift of defendants' steamer - Collision with plaintiffs' lighter, breaking her adrift -Claim by plaintiffs for damages- Faulty swivel assembly in defendant vessel's moorings-Res ipsa loquitur -Onus of proof-Proving House certificate that assembly "has been tested . . . and subsequently examined and did not show any defect or permanent deformation" - Finding of learned Judge of M. & C.L. Ct. that defendants had discharged the onus upon them of proving that the damage was due to inevitable accident