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SOUTH CHICAGO CO. v. BASSETT

No. 262.

309 U.S. 251 (1940)

SOUTH CHICAGO COAL & DOCK CO. ET AL. v. BASSETT, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert J. Fononie, with whom Mr. Hayes McKinney was on the brief, for petitioners.

Assistant Attorney General Shea, with whom Solicitor General Jackson and Messrs. Melvin H. Siegel, Paul A. Sweeney, and Aaron B. Holman were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

John Schumann, an employee of petitioner, South Chicago Coal & Dock Company, was drowned while serving his employer on a vessel in navigable waters of the United States. His widow was awarded compensation by the deputy commissioner under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.1 The deputy commissioner found that...

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