Legal Opinion
Islander Yachts, Inc. v. One Freeport 36-Foot Vessel
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 31, 1985No. A020278PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHANNELL, J.
Harbors and Navigation Code section 491 1 allows a vessel manufacturer to obtain a lien against a vessel in order to obtain payment for the cost of construction. (§ 491, subd. (c); see Civ. Code, § 1180.) We find that appellant Islander Yachts, Inc., a boat manufacturer, is estopped from asserting this lien against the Freeport 36-foot yacht purchased by respondent Vincent Braun, 2 and that Braun’s bona fide purchase of the yacht without knowledge of Islander’s vessel lien would have extinguished that lien even if Islander had not been estopped from asserting it. We…
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