The Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse

WALLACE, Circuit Judge.

The decree appealed from condemned the steamship for the value of certain mahogany logs which were cast *624overboard and lost by the lighter “Continental,” as is alleged by displacement waves caused by the negligent navigation of the steamship.

The averments of the libel, and the findings of the district judge, in respect to the circumstances of the loss, are not sustained by the proofs. The averments and findings are that the waves from the steamship caused the lighter to break from her moorings and dump part of her cargo of logs. The facts are that after the lighter had…