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BELCHER TOWING CO. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 69-673.

233 So.2d 456 (1970)

BELCHER TOWING COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, Acting As the Dade County Port Authority, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smathers & Thompson and G. Morton Good, Miami, for appellant.

Knight, Underwood, Peters, Hoeveler & Pickle and Andrew Psalidas, Miami, for appellee.

Before PEARSON, C.J., and CHARLES CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The appellee, Dade County Commissioners acting as the Dade County Port Authority, sued the appellant, Belcher Towing Company, for damage to a draw bridge. The damage occurred when a tug owned by the appellant took a tow through the draw. The trial judge entered extensive findings of fact, from which we quote:

"7. The major or predominant cause of the accident was faulty navigation on the part of the lead tug, which had permitted the dredge Windham...

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