Legal Opinion
Marr Enterprises, Inc., and Ben Paz v. Lewis Refrigeration Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1977No. 75-3359PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Marr Enterprises, Inc. (“Marr”), an Oregon family corporation, operated the fishing vessel CARICA along the Oregon coast. In 1971, Marr decided to operate in Alaskan waters off Kodiak. Being unfamiliar with those fishing grounds, it entered into a “lease” of the CARICA on April 3, 1971 with Ben Paz, an Alaska citizen.
On May 6 of that year, Marr contracted with Lewis Refrigeration Co. (“Lewis”), a Washington corporation, for installation of a CO2 brine refrigeration system aboard the CARICA. The injection of CO2 into brine to combat the growth of bacteria was an…
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