Murray v. Hatch’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Perhaps, upon the facts found, it is not perfectly clear what was the extent of the injury which the vessel insured had sustained; but if afloat, or if it was practicable to put her afloat, and if she was capable of being repaired a.t any expense, It was not a total loss within the meaning and intent of the policy relied on in this case. It is stated that the vessel was not worth repairing, and that it would have cost $1,500 to repair her; which proves that the subject-matter of the insurance was not specifically destroyed, and that the yoyage was not entirely and inevitably defeated. Whether the injury sustained, and the expenses of salvage, rendered the voyage of no value, and not worth pursuing, is not a question to be considered, where the policy is restricted to the case of a total loss. That case is only proved by showing the destruction of the thing specifically, and in that sense totally.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fireman's Fund Ins. v. Globe Nav. Co.