Legal Opinion
H.R.M., Inc. v. S/V Venture VII
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 10, 1997No. C.A. No. 96-205BPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Senior District Judge.
Defendant and third-party plaintiff George Ford, (“Ford”) purchased a 53-foot Mason cutter-style sailing vessel in Maine in 1995. He named this vessel the Venture VII. Before he purchased the Venture VII, Ford had a marine surveyor, Clyde Eaton, appraise the vessel. Eaton opined that the value of the vessel was then $495,000. Ford purchased the Venture VII for an amount not in evidence, but alleged to be considerably lower than the $495,000 value Eaton estimated for the vessel.
Ford employed Sean Murphy to captain the Venture VII on pleasure…
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