MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a libel in rem, brought against a scow under the Act of June 29, 1888, c. 496, 25 Stat. 209, as amended August 18, 1894, (c. 299, § 3, 28 Stat. 360), and May 28, 1908, (c. 212, § 8, 35 Stat. 426), for illegal dumping in New York Harbor. Appellant, as claimant of the scow, denied the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit: first, on the ground that by the statute the vessel was...
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