Pratt v. The Havilah’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 6 district ·

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1. ““The damages sustained by the owner of a vessel which is sunk in a collision, when the vessel is a total loss, is her value at the time of the loss, to which interest may be added to afford complete indemnity; and to this may also be added the necessary expenses of raising her, when that is necessary to determine whether she can be repaired advantageously; and when she is sunk in a place where, she is liable to be an obstruction to navigation, the expenses of-removing her may also be added. If she was hot a total loss, then the measure of damages is the reasonable expense of raising and repairing her to an extent sufficient to put her in as good condition as she was before the collision. The burden is upon the owner to prove the amount of his loss, either by showing' the vessel to have been a total loss, actually or constructively, 'or by showing the extent and cost of the necessary repairs and the incidental expenses.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. O'Brien Bros. v. Moran