The Meta

THOMAS, District Judge.

The libelant, the master of the barge Kaiser, lying between piers 18 and 19, East river, New York, with her bow towards the bulkhead, was on May 1, 1893, as he claims, injured by the tug Meta. The Kaiser was housed along her full length, excepting a short space on the bow and stern. There was a rail or string piece, about six inches wide, on the outside of the house, around the vessel, and about even with her deck. A large ship was lying alongside the dock on the upper side of the slip, with her stern near the end of the pier, occupying the dock for nearly its *22whole…