The Empress of Scotland

GODDARD, District Judge.

This libel in rem against the steamship Empress of Scotland has .been filed to recover $25,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by the libelant, Mr. McKay, as a result of personal injuries which he suffered while a passenger. The Empress of Scotland, a ship of 25,000 tons burden, left New York on February 4, 1922, under charter for “Clark’s Tour of the Mediterranean.” The itinerary included calls at a number of ports in the Mediterranean, and sight-seeing trips ashore at the various points of interest. The first call, after leaving New York, was Madeira. She then…