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SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. SHEPPEARD

No. 9222.

112 F.2d 147 (1940)

SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. SHEPPEARD, Deputy Compensation Com'r.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. E. Cranford and Fine G. Bedford, both of Galveston, Tex., for appellant.

Douglas W. McGregor, U. S. Atty., and Eugene J. Wilson, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for appellee Deputy Commissioner.

Clarence S. Eastham, of Houston, Tex., for appellees Veola, Robert Lee, and Viree Gaffney.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Bennie Gaffney was fatally injured while working aboard the steamship "El Valle" as a longshoreman for Southern Pacific Company. The widow and minor children of the deceased employee filed claim for death benefits under the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S.C. and U.S.C.Supp. IV, Secs. 901, et seq., 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq. The Deputy Commissioner,

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