PARKER v. MOTOR BOAT SALES

No. 46.

314 U.S. 244 (1941)

PARKER, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, UNITED STATES EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, v. MOTOR BOAT SALES, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Shea, with whom Assistant Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Melvin H. Siegel were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Minitree Jones Fulton for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

August 18, 1938, George Armistead was drowned when a motor boat in which he was riding capsized on the James River off Richmond, Virginia. The boat was navigated by one Johnnie Cooper. Both Armistead and Cooper were employees of the respondent, Motor Boat Sales, Incorporated, which sold small boats, maritime supplies, and outboard motors. The object of the ill-fated boat...

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