Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

In prior proceedings in this case,1 respondent has been held liable for the value of the Steel Tank Barge Bisso No. 9 on the date of her loss, May 12, 1944. The Commissioner’s report on valuation of this vessel at the time of the loss has been filed.2 He finds that the vessel had a reproduction cost of $31,000, to which he added $7,350 charter hire, contracted for but not earned by the vessel at the time of the loss, making a total valuation of $38,350, from which he subtracted the barge’s salvage value following the casualty of $1,800, thus arriving at a net…