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MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. COPPER RANGE RAILROAD CO.

No. 16121.

355 F.2d 678 (1966)

MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, a Michigan corporation, Libelant-Appellee, v. COPPER RANGE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Michigan corporation, Respondent and Cross-Respondent-Appellee, and American Steamship Company, a New York corporation, Respondent and Cross-Libelant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Heffernan, Buffalo, N. Y., for appellant, Coffey, Heffernan & Harrison, Buffalo, N. Y., Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, Mich., on the brief.

Lawrence P. Walsh, Ontonagon, Mich., for appellee, Walsh & Munro, Ontonagon, Mich., on the brief.

Before PHILLIPS and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in an admiralty case. The Michigan Bell Telephone Company claimed $22,339.62 of damages to two of its underwater cables which were fouled by the anchor of the Steamer J. F. Schoellkopf, Jr.

The Schoellkopf (owned by the American Steamship Company) dropped anchor in the narrow Keweenaw Waterway, when a lift bridge failed to open on signal. The anchor, after fouling the cables, stopped the Schoellkopf short of the bridge...

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