Legal Opinion
Thames Shipyard & Repair Co. v. Willametz
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided December 13, 1978No. File 20066PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, J.
The defendant had seen a wooden forty-six foot yawl founder on rocks at Madison, in the latter part of September, 1973. He contacted the owner who had given it up for lost and purchased the vessel on September 24, 1973, for $500.
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Facts
The defendant had the boat checked by an expert in wooden ship repairs who is also a skindiver. This man, Mr. Gronback, dove and swam around the vessel and examined it carefully. He testified that the yacht was resting on its starboard (right) side which was impaled on a rock. The hole through the hull was about midship. The keel was caught under another rock.…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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