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LASTRA v. NEW YORK & PORTO RICO S. S. CO.

No. 1571.

2 F.2d 812 (1924)

LASTRA et al. v. NEW YORK & PORTO RICO S. S. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 13, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archibald King, Major, Judge Advocate, U. S. Army, of Washington, D. C. (Guerra-Mondragon & Soldevila, of San Juan, Porto Rico, on the brief), for appellants.

Ray Rood Allen, of New York City (Charles Hartzell and Daniel Kelley, both of San Juan, Porto Rico, and Van Vechten Veeder, Everett Masten, and Burlingham, Veeder, Masten & Fearey, all of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below Judge Hamilton held that in Porto Rico the doctrine of Southern Pacific v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205, 37 S.Ct. 524, 61 L. Ed. 1086, L. R. A. 1918C, 451, Ann. Cas. 1917E, 900, must be applied in admiralty, and consequently enjoined the enforcement of the Porto Rican Workmen's Compensation Act as against the appellee.

No question is made that the Compensation...

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