McIlvaine’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““Although the sum of $1,625 was expended in its repairs, the barge was manifestly not put in as good condition as when the injury was sustained; and it is admitted that she is in a curved condition, or six or seven inches to port at her bow, which extends back a considerable part of her length. This defective condition alone, which no effort was made to remedy, on account of the expense incident to the same, would justify the allowance made by the commissioner, and the proof is that it affects the sale value of the barge $2,000. It was understood at the time of the repairs that the work done was by no means sufficient to place the barge in the condition she was before the collision, and that from $4,000 to $5,000 would be necessary for that purpose, which sum the owner was unwilling to expend, not knowing to whom the fault of the collision would be attributed; and only such amount as would place the barge in a safe and seagoing condition was expended.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Rickmers