GRIMES, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves the question of whether a commercial lessor can exonerate himself from liability to his lessee for failure to comply with a fire code mandated by municipal ordinance.
The appellee (plaintiff) rented a slip at appellant's (defendant) dock to moor his fishing boat. One night a fire on another vessel moored to the dock spread to the plaintiff's boat. The plaintiff sued the defendant for the damage to his boat, contending...
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