FOREMOST INS. CO. v. BLUE STREAK ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 8625.

353 So.2d 430 (1977)

FOREMOST INSURANCE COMPANY v. BLUE STREAK ENTERPRISES, INC. and Continental Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammett, Leake, Hammett, Hulse & Nelson, Eldon T. Harvey, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, G. Edward Merritt, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and DUPLANTIER, JJ.


DUPLANTIER, Judge.

We affirm the trial court's decision that a boat owner (or his subrogee) who pays a monthly fee for use of a boat slip in a marina cannot recover for the loss by theft of his boat moored in the slip, in the absence of proof of negligence on the part of the marina operator.

As did the trial judge, we reject appellant's contention that a depositary relationship existed between the marina operator and the boat owner; they were merely lessor...

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