La Savoie

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Albert H. Hastorf, the owner of the scow Admiral, to recover the damages caused to her by swells of the steamship La Savoie, in the ship channel between the Romer Shoal and the West Bank Light, on the 18th day of May, 1906, about 10:50 o’clock P. M. The defence was the usual one in such cases, that the claimant had no knowledge of the fact of the scow being in the vicinity and a denial of all the allegations of negligence, including those that she ran too close to the tow and proceeded at too high a rate of speed, which created a large and…