L. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
If the owner of a damaged vessel puts her in dry dock to repair damages done by a collision, and while she is there seizes the opportunity to make other repairs, which do not extend the time consumed in the collision repairs, the tortfeasor may not abate his damages. Hines v. Sangstad, 266 F. 502 (C. C. A. 1); Simpson's, etc., Co. v. Atlantic, etc., Co., 108 F. 425 (C. C. A. 1); The Acanthus, L. R. [1902]...
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