THACHER, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The jurisdictional point has not been seriously pressed, and since the statute applies to lighters used on lakes or rivers, or in inland navigation (R. S. 4289; Act June 19, 1886, c. 421, § 4 [46 USCA § 188; Comp. St. § 8027]), and the proceeding was commenced in the district in which the owner of the lighter was sued (United States admiralty rule 54), the point may be passed without further...
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