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SMITH & SON v. TAYLOR

No. 186.

276 U.S. 179 (1928)

T. SMITH & SON, INC. v. TAYLOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John May, with whom Mr. Edmund L. Jones was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Eugie V. Parham, with whom Mr. Edward Rightor was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

March 12, 1925, plaintiff in error, a stevedoring corporation, was unloading a vessel lying in the Mississippi at a dock in New Orleans. George Taylor was in its employ as a longshoreman and came to his death while engaged in that work. Defendant in error is his widow and brought this suit in the Civil District Court of Orleans Parish under the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Law*

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