Legal Opinion
American Eastern Development Corp. v. Everglades Marina, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1979No. 76-2044PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
The appellees owned pleasure boats, one described as a 24-foot yacht, the other as an 18-foot yacht, which were stored in dry storage racks inside a building owned and operated as a marina by Everglades Marina, Inc., located in Florida. The boats were fully operational and were in and out of the water almost weekly, launched and removed from the water by forklift. The purpose of the storage was to obviate storage in salt water with attendant costs of maintenance (including keeping the boats barnacle-free). The boats were damaged in a fire set by the president and sole…
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