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SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE CUMULUS

No. 12414.

172 F.2d 102 (1949)

SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE CUMULUS et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 1, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Piazza, of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Selim B. Lemle and Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., both of New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

LEE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, a municipal corporation, as plaintiff below, brought suit in rem against the steamship Cumulus, in the District Court for the Parish of Orleans, La., to recover $15,000 for damages alleged to have been sustained through negligence on the part of the crew when the anchor of the ship became entangled in and severed the Water Board's power cable lines extending across the Mississippi River...

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