United States v. Helen

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to 33 U.S.C.A. § 450, the United States filed a libel in rem against the scow Helen to recover a penalty of not less than $250.incurred by discharging a quantity of lumber into the tidal waters of New York Harbor in violation of 33 U.S.C.A. § 441. The scow’s owner, Christie Scow Corporation, denied the allegations of the libel and filed a petition impleading the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as charterer of the scow; the charterer in turn impleaded T. Hogan & Sons, a stevedoring corporation, which was unloading the scow when the alleged violation of the statute…