Legal Opinion
Copper S. S. Co. v. Michigan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1952No. 11344PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Circuit Judge.
The Copper Steamship Company appeals from an order of the District Court which dismissed its libel against the respondents for lack of jurisdiction.
The libel was filed by The Copper Steamship Company against the State of Michigan, The State Highway Department and The State Highway Commissioner. It sought damages in the amount of $20,147.93 by reason of a collision in the Straits of Mackinac on June 19, 1949, between the Robert L. Ireland, of which the libelant was the bareboat charterer, and the City of Petoskey owned by the State of Michigan and used as a ferry by the…
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