Woodruff v. One Covered Scow

This is a proceeding in revi to enforce a lien for wharf-age against a structure termed in the libel a scow. The facts are not in dispute. The structure proceeded against consists of a float, made of timbers, in width some 11 feet, and in length some 23 foot, constructed to float in the water, and to support above the surface of the water a floor and a house nearly the size of the float. One use of the structure is to store within the house the oars and sails of small boats landing at the float, and to afford persons a means of egress from small boats coming to the slip 'to the adjoining…