The Municipal

BROWN. District Judge.

At about 1 o’clock in the morning of December 31, 1899, the steamship Yucatan, about 835 feet long, while at anchor not far from the (piaranline wharf, Staten Island, was run into and damaged by some scows in tow of the steamtug Municipal coming in light from sea. The tide was strong Hood, and the tow being drawn In a line somewhat crossing the bows of the Yucatan, some of the scows struck her on her port bow, while others swung round and struck her starboard bow, damaging the plates on each side. The defense is that the Yucatan was not anchored on anchorage ground, and…