Legal Opinion

MacDougalls Cape Cod Marine Service, Inc. v. One Christina 40' Vessel, Etc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 30, 1990No. 89-1884PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAILEY ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

The ultimate question in this case is whether we should affirm the district court’s undoing of a seemingly fast piece of work performed by plaintiff-appellant MacDougalls’ Cape Cod Marine Service, Inc., on the admiralty side of the district court. Stuart Fultz, appellee, would-be claimant, whose regular employment was in the food business, sold yachts as a side endeavor, and rented an office in plaintiff’s boat yard. In the summer of 1987 he purchased, with the view of ultimate resale, a partially completed sail yacht of the Hans Christina class, hereinafter the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  2. Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. People's Ferry Company of Boston v. BeersSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
  4. Thames Towboat Co. v. the Schooner "Francis McDonald"Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
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