New England Dredging Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
This was a libel in rem against Scow No. 36; by the United States, to recover the pecuniary penalty provided by sections 13 and 16 of the act of March 3, 1899, c. 425, 30 Stat. 1152, 1153 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 3542, 3544], which declares it to be unlawful to discharge refuse matter into navigable waters of the United States.
The scow in question belonged to the New England Dredging Company, and was loaded with dredged material which was discharged by the voluntary act of the scowmen in charge into waters of the United States covered by the statute to which we have…
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