WEST, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff, Jimmy Richardson, owned a 44 foot Chris Craft motor vessel which he kept moored under a floating boathouse on the Amite River at Port Vincent, Louisiana. The boathouse belonged to defendant, Port Vincent Boat Works, Inc., and the space under the boathouse was rented by plaintiff for $20 per month. On September 9, 1965, Hurricane Betsy struck the coast of Louisiana, and as it moved inland it did considerable damage to property in its path...
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