If there is a total loss of the thing hypothecated, from a risk to which the loan was subject, the lender upon bottomry can recover nothing; if a partial loss, he can recover only to the extent of the net value to the owner of the part saved.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 458
Bottomry
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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