Legal Opinion
Standard Fire Insurance v. Boyceharvey MacHinery, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1953No. 14331PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
The determinative question here presented is wholly one of procedure under Admiralty Rule 56, 28 U.S.C.A.
Boyce-Harvey Machinery, Inc., owner of the yacht “Sea Cat,” brought a libel in personam against appellant Standard Fire Insurance Company, which had insured the yacht against hull damage. The libel alleges that the owners delivered the yacht to Louisiana Shipbuilding Corporation for hull repairs which necessitated hauling out the vessel, and that during the hauling out operation the “cradle” of the marine railway broke, dropping the vessel and damaging her hull and…
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