Milo v. Biegler

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Kaplan, J.), entered September 15, 1980, after a nonjury trial, awarding plaintiff $8,640 for the loss of his pleasure boat, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs and disbursements, and the complaint dismissed. Plaintiff docked his boat at defendants’ marina in Hampton Bays for the summer, 1979, and paid $300 for this privilege. On or about August 19, 1979, the boat was apparently stolen, the mooring lines having been cut. The trial court found that no bailment had been created, but that defendants Fred and John Biegler, doing business as…