The No. 34

LOWELL, District Judge.

On August 11, 1924, the United States filed this libel against scow No. 34 for damages sustained by the steamer Oshkosh on September 5, 1920, in a collision with scow No. 34 at the foot of Thirty-Sixth street, New York. The scow was owned by- the United States and operated by 'the Shipping Board.

The claimant alleges in his answer that it bought the scow on August 17,1922, without notice of any lien, and alleges that the lien should not attach to the scow, because the United States was guilty of laches in not proceeding against the scow between September 5, 1920, and…