Frank J. Rooney v. Louis Nuta

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the record contains evidence sufficient to support the finding of the lower court, sitting without jury, that appellant Rooney was not entitled to limitation of liability or to exoneration as prayed for in his petition filed under 46 U.S.C.A. § 181, et seq. Appellant was the owner of the yacht “Roñar”, which burned in the early morning of January 16, 1957 while docked at Nuta’s Yacht Basin, Miami, Florida, when fire broke out aboard it causing damage, not only to the yacht, but to Nuta’s Basin and to certain vessels…