THE PACIFIC PINE

No. 6901.

31 F.2d 152 (1929)

THE PACIFIC PINE.

District Court, W. D. Washington, S. D.

February 14, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanderveer & Levinson, of Seattle, Wash., for libelant, cite Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424 (33 USCA § 901 et seq.); 25 R. C. L. 960; 25 R. C. L. 1013; Portsmouth Gas Co. v. Sanford, 97 Va. 124, 33 S. E. 516, 45 L. R. A. 246, 75 Am. St. Rep. 778; Overland Cotton Mill Co. v. People, 32 Colo. 263, 75 P. 924, 105 Am. St. Rep. 74; Strauss v. Yeager, 48 Ind.App. 448, 93 N. E. 877; State Public Utilities Commission v. Monarch Refrigerating Co., 267 Ill. 528, 108 N. E. 716, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 528; State v. Burgdoerfer, 107 Mo. 1, 17 S. W. 646, 14 L. R. A. 846; 25 R. C. L. 983; Plamals v. The Pinar Del Rio, 277 U.S. 151, 48 S.Ct. 457, 72 L. Ed. 827; United States v. The Little Charles, 26 Fed. Cas. 979, No. 15612.

Bogle, Bogle & Gates, of Seattle, Wash., for claimant and respondent, cite Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424 (33 USCA § 901 et seq.); Meese et al. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co. (D. C.) 206 F. 222, affirmed 239 U.S. 614, 36 S.Ct. 223, 60 L. Ed. page 467; Workmen's Compensation Law of Washington (Sess. Laws Wash., 1911, p. 345); Plamals v. The Pinar Del Rio, 277 U.S. 151, 48 S.Ct. 457, 72 L. Ed. 827; Jones Act of June 5, 1920 (46 USCA § 688).


CUSHMAN, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

While the exceptions are general in their nature, but one question is discussed in the briefs; that is, whether a libel in rem lies for an injury to a stevedore, in view of the provisions of the "Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act" (44 Stat. 1424; title 33, USCA § 901 et seq.), or, as stated by the claimant in its brief:

"It will be seen from the libel that the libelant has elected...

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