MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.
The United States libeled the Steamship "Panoil" and asked a decree for two thousand dollars because of damage inflicted upon spur dike No. 5, a structure extending into the Mississippi River. Upon exception duly taken the District Court correctly concluded that it lacked jurisdiction of the matter and dismissed the libel.
In order to deflect the current and cause it to deepen the channel at the mouth...
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